fatal

The definition of fatal is something that causes death or that leads to failure or disaster.

(adjective)

When you are shot in the head, this is an example of a wound that could be described as fatal.

See fatal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ME < OFr & < L fatalis < fatum, fate

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See fatal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Causing or capable of causing death.
Causing ruin or destruction; disastrous: “Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory” (Charles Darwin).
Of decisive importance; fateful: came through at the fatal moment.
Concerning or determining one's fate: the fatal thread of life.
Obsolete Having been destined; fated.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, fateful

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin fātālis

Origin: , from fātum, prophecy, doom; see Fate

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