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fatal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deadly adj Capable of causing death.
  • fatal adj Causing death.
  • killer noun A person or animal that kills, especially one who murders someone.
  • lethal adj Capable of causing death; deadly.

Senses

fatal is used for these senses in English:

  • deadly Causing death; lethal.
  • deathblow A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grâce.
  • deathblow (figurative) Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
  • lethal Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

deadly — full definition

  1. adj Capable of causing death.
  2. adj Extremely accurate or effective.
  3. adv Extremely; used to intensify an adjective.

fatal — full definition

  1. adj Causing death.
  2. adj Causing serious harm, ruin, or failure, especially to a plan or process.

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