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(satellite adjective) controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" |
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Synonyms: fateful |
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(adjective) bringing death |
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Antonyms: nonfatal |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: fateful |
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(satellite adjective) (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" |
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Synonyms: black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful |
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