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| 1. | [ adjective ] having momentous consequences; of decisive importance | |
| Synonyms: | fatal | |
| Examples: | "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev "the fatal day of the election finally arrived" |
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| Related terms: | decisive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of ominous significance | |
| Synonyms: | portentous foreboding | |
| Related terms: | prophetic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | |
| Synonyms: | disastrous black fatal calamitous | |
| Examples: | "the stock market crashed on Black Friday" "a calamitous defeat" "a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign" "this would be absolutely fatal to my theory" |
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| Related terms: | unfortunate | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | |
| Synonyms: | fatal | |
| Examples: | "a fatal series of events" |
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| Related terms: | inevitable | |
| Similar spelling: |
fatefully faithful faithfully |
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