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fatal definition
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Grep of noun fatal fatal accident fatalism fatalist fatality fatality rate Overview of adj fatal The adj fatal has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) fatal -- (bringing death) 2. (4) fateful, fatal -- (having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived") 3. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful -- ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") 4. fatal, fateful -- (controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events") Antonyms of adj fatal 4 senses of fatal Sense 1 fatal (vs. nonfatal) nonfatal (vs. fatal) => nonlethal Sense 2 fateful, fatal INDIRECT (VIA decisive) -> indecisive Sense 3 black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful INDIRECT (VIA unfortunate) -> fortunate Sense 4 fatal, fateful INDIRECT (VIA inevitable) -> evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable Similarity of adj fatal 4 senses of fatal Sense 1 fatal (vs. nonfatal) => deadly, deathly, mortal => deadly, lethal => terminal Sense 2 fateful, fatal => decisive (vs. indecisive) Sense 3 black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful => unfortunate (vs. fortunate) Sense 4 fatal, fateful => inevitable (vs. evitable) Attributes of adj fatal Familiarity of adj fatal fatal used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj fatal fatal fatalist fatalistic nonfatal Overview of adj fatal The adj fatal has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) fatal -- (bringing death) 2. (4) fateful, fatal -- (having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived") 3. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful -- ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") 4. fatal, fateful -- (controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events")
fatal definition
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