fatal
adjective
1. bringing death
Similar word(s): deadly, deathly, mortal, lethal, terminal
2. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
- the fatal day of the election finally arrived
Similar word(s): decisive, fateful
3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory
- it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
Similar word(s): unfortunate, black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful
4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
- a fatal series of events
Similar word(s): inevitable, fateful
Sentences with fatal as an adjective:
- a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error
- a fatal error; a fatal exception
noun
1. A fatality; an event that leads to death.
2. (computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.