What does fatal mean?
Definitions for fatal
ˈfeɪt lfa·tal
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word fatal.
Princeton's WordNet
fatal(adj)
bringing death
fateful, fatal(adj)
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"
black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful(adj)
(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"
fatal, fateful(adj)
controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
"a fatal series of events"
Wiktionary
fatal(Noun)
A fatality; an event that leads to death.
fatal(Noun)
A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
fatal(Adjective)
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
fatal(Adjective)
Foreboding death or great disaster.
fatal(Adjective)
Causing death or destruction
fatal(Adjective)
Causing a sudden end to a program.
Origin: From fatalis.
Webster Dictionary
Fatal(adj)
proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable
Fatal(adj)
foreboding death or great disaster
Fatal(adj)
causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error
Origin: [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate.]
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fatal' in Adjectives Frequency: #815
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fatal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fatal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of fatal in a Sentence
Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
There will be fatal crashes, that's for sure.
It's not a fatal blow, it's just a reorganize.
Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.
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- مميتArabic
- фатален, смъртоносен, съдбоносенBulgarian
- fatalCatalan, Valencian
- osudový, osudnýCzech
- fatalDanish
- fatal, tödlich, verhängnisvollGerman
- fatalaEsperanto
- fatalSpanish
- tuhoisa, kohtalokas, fataali, tappavaFinnish
- fatalFrench
- fatalaIdo
- fataleItalian
- 命取り, 宿命的, 致死Japanese
- mortifer, fatalisLatin
- nāvējošs, nāvīgsLatvian
- fataal, fataleDutch
- fatal, skjebnebestemt, skjebnesvangerNorwegian
- fatalPortuguese
- роковой, фатальный, смертельныйRussian
- usoden, usodna, usodno, smrtonosenSlovene
- fatalAlbanian
- dödlig, ödesbestämd, fatal, dödsbringandeSwedish
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