FATAL definition: 1. A fatal illness, accident, etc. causes death: 2. very serious and having an important bad…. Learn more.
Fatal describes conditions, circumstances, or events that have already caused death or are virtually certain to do so in the future: a fatal accident; a fatal illness. Deadly means capable of killing or of being used to kill: a deadly poison; a deadly weapon.
Fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal apply to something that has caused or is capable of causing death. Fatal may refer to either the future or the past; in either case, it emphasizes inevitability and the inescapable--the disastrous, whether death or dire misfortune: The accident was fatal.
A fatal accident or illness causes someone's death. ...the fatal stabbing of a police sergeant. A hospital spokesman said she had suffered a fatal heart attack.
The meaning of FATAL is causing death. How to use fatal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fatal.
fatal (comparative more fatal, superlative most fatal) She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
Definition of fatal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
fatal (adjective) fatal / ˈ feɪtl̟/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of FATAL [more fatal; most fatal] 1 : causing death
WWAYTV3: Fatal crash in Monkey Junction shuts down part of Carolina Beach Road
In New Hanover County, a fatal collision shut down part of Carolina Beach Road on Tuesday evening. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 7:15 pm in the Monkey ...