Definition: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
Usage: a fatal series of events
Similar words: inevitable
Definition: incapable of being avoided or prevented
Usage: the inevitable result
Definition: having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
Usage: that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea- Saturday Rev; the fatal day of the election finally arrived
Similar words: decisive
Definition: determining or having the power to determine an outcome
Usage: cast the decisive vote; two factors had a decisive influence
Synonyms: fatal
Definition: bringing death
Similar words: mortal, deadly, deathly
Definition: causing or capable of causing death
Usage: a fatal accident; a deadly enemy; mortal combat; a mortal illness
Definition: of an instrument of certain death
Usage: deadly poisons; lethal weapon; a lethal injection
Similar words: terminal
Definition: causing or ending in or approaching death
Usage: a terminal patient; terminal cancer
Synonyms: black, calamitous, fatal, fateful, disastrous
Definition: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Usage: 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
Similar words: unfortunate
Definition: not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
Usage: an unfortunate turn of events; an unfortunate decision; unfortunate investments; an unfortunate night for all concerned