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fatal definition

fa·tal (fāt′'l)

adjective

  1. Obsolete fated; destined; inevitable
  2. important in its outcome; fateful; decisive the fatal day arrived
  3. resulting in death
  4. very destructive; most unfortunate; disastrous
  5. concerned with or determining fate

Etymology: ME < OFr & < L fatalis < fatum, fate

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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