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Synonyms for fatal
ˈfeɪt lfa·tal

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  1. fataladjective

    Foreboding death or great disaster.

    Synonyms:
    terminal

  2. fataladjective

    Causing death or destruction

    Synonyms:
    calamitous, deadly, mortal, destructive

  3. fataladjective

    Synonyms:
    necessary, inevitable

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fatal

    Synonyms:
    calamitous, deadly, destructive, mortal, lethal

    Antonyms:
    beneficial, wholesome, nutritious, vitalizing, salubrious, restorative, slight, superficial, harmless

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  1. fataladjective

    bringing death

    Synonyms:
    fateful, disastrous, calamitous, black

    Antonyms:
    avertible, avertable, indecisive, fortunate, nonlethal, nonfatal, evitable, avoidable

  2. fateful, fataladjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    fateful, disastrous, portentous, calamitous, black, foreboding(a)

    Antonyms:
    avertible, avoidable, fortunate, avertable, indecisive, nonlethal, evitable, nonfatal

  3. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fatefuladjective

    (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"

    Synonyms:
    pitch-dark, black-market, shameful, dim, inglorious, portentous, grim, calamitous, blackened, fateful, black, dark, sinister, opprobrious, bootleg, disgraceful, smutty, contraband, pitch-black, foreboding(a), smuggled, ignominious, disastrous, bleak, mordant

    Antonyms:
    avoidable, nonlethal, nonfatal, evitable, avertible, indecisive, avertable, fortunate

  4. fatal, fatefuladjective

    controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

    "a fatal series of events"

    Synonyms:
    fateful, disastrous, portentous, calamitous, black, foreboding(a)

    Antonyms:
    nonfatal, avertible, nonlethal, indecisive, fortunate, evitable, avoidable, avertable

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fataladjective

    Synonyms:
    deadly, mortal, LETHAL

  2. fataladjective

    Synonyms:
    calamitous, destructive, ruinous, mischievous

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fataladjective

    Synonyms:
    mortal, deadly

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How to use fatal in a sentence?

  1. Alphonso David:

    Fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color because they are at the intersections of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and they, unfortunately, are receiving the brunt of the violence in this country.

  2. Gordon Renner:

    'It's amazing that once you start talking about this, other people pop up with, 'Oh, my cousin had this; my sister had that,' depression is an illness, and it's a treatable illness, and in some cases, it can metastasize and be fatal for some people, and I think it's important to know that, but it's rare.

  3. Abhinav Diwan:

    Clearly, there is need for caution, because diabetic people are prone to hypoglycemic episodes, and hypoglycemia can be fatal, people do not want to put them themselves at risk by fasting without consulting a doctor.

  4. Robert E. Lee:

    [W]e made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers.

  5. Jeff Adachi:

    Based on what we see in this video, it does not look like the officers who fired the fatal shots were in immediate danger of being killed and that there were other alternatives that could have been taken.


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