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English Dictionary: fatal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fatal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatal adj bringing death Antonym(s): nonfatal 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" Synonym(s): fateful, fatal (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" Synonym(s): black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" Synonym(s): fatal, fateful
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fatal Resulting in termination of the program. (1997-08-03)