FATAL


Meaning of FATAL in English

[ 'feɪt(ə)l ]

■ adjective causing death.

↘leading to failure or disaster.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

ME (in the senses 'destined by fate' and 'ominous'): from OFr., or from L. ~is , from fatum (see fate ).

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