Fatal: Definition with Fatal Pictures and Photos

1. Adjective. Bringing death.

Similar to: Deadly, Deathly, Mortal, Deadly, Lethal, Terminal
Derivative terms: Fatality
Antonyms: Nonfatal

2. Adjective. Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance. "The fatal day of the election finally arrived"

Exact synonyms: Fateful
Similar to: Decisive

3. Adjective. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. "A fateful error"

Exact synonyms: Black, Calamitous, Disastrous, Fateful
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Calamity, Disaster

4. Adjective. Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined. "A fatal series of events"

Exact synonyms: Fateful
Similar to: Inevitable

1. a. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

1. Adjective. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. ¹

2. Adjective. Foreboding death or great disaster. ¹

3. Adjective. Causing death or destruction ¹

4. Adjective. (computing) Causing a sudden end to a program. ¹

5. Noun. A fatality; an event that leads to death. ¹

6. Noun. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

1. causing or capable of causing death [adj]

1. Causing death, deadly, mortal, lethal. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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