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adjective

Fatal adj.

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. (R.) "These thing are fatal and necessary." "It was fatal to the king to fight for his money."

Foreboding death or great disaster. (R.) "That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours."

Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.

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Etymology of 'Fatal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fatal" Quotes from Famous Books

... ought to be most relieved to be let out before Miss Maitland caught you," retorted Honor. "What an opportunity to point a moral on the fatal consequences of vanity!" Then, as Flossie flounced angrily away: "You've never thanked me for unlocking this door yet. I thought we were supposed to cultivate manners at St. Chad's. If Vivian asks where you've been, I suppose you'll ...

— The New Girl at St. Chad's - A Story of School Life • Angela Brazil

... the law hath laid all men for dead, as they come into the world; but all men do not see themselves dead, until they see that law that struck them dead, striking in their souls, and having struck them that fatal blow. As a man that is fast asleep in a house, and that on fire about his ears, and he not knowing of it because he is asleep; even so, because poor souls are asleep in sin, though the wrath of God, the curse of his law, and the flames of hell have ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... haste to have done with all this and to start on my long and chartless journey, I had well-nigh forgotten to tell just how I killed Mr. Darrow. No hypodermic syringe had anything to do with it. The while plan came to me while reading that fatal page upon which I left my telltale thumb-signature in my search for some feasible plan of making away with my victim. I need not go into particulars, for I know perfectly well that this Maitland knows to ...

— The Darrow Enigma • Melvin L. Severy

... Mac-Ivor, I dare not hope it. A thousand circumstances of fatal self-indulgence have made me the creature rather of imagination than reason. Durst I but hope—could I but think that you would deign to be to me that affectionate, that condescending friend, who would strengthen me to redeem ...

— Waverley • Sir Walter Scott

... of the fatal battle of Tewkesbury, the capture of the queen, and the death of the prince, was borne to Exeter by fugitives on the following day. Beyond the fact that the Earl of Devon and other nobles were known to have been killed, and Somerset with a party of knights had taken sanctuary, they ...

— A Knight of the White Cross • G.A. Henty

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