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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fatal \Fa"tal\, a. [L. fatalis, fr fatum: cf F. fatal. See {Fate}.] 1. Proceeding from or appointed by fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] These thing are fatal and necessary. --Tillotson. It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. --Bacon. 2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours --Shak. 3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day a fatal error. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fatal adj 1: bringing death [ant: {nonfatal}] 2: 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" [syn: {fateful}] 3: (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" [syn: {black}, {calamitous}, {disastrous}, {fateful}] 4: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" [syn: {fateful}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: fatalResulting in termination of the program. (1997-08-03)
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