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 definition: 1. A fatal illness, accident, etc. causes death: 2. very serious and having an important bad…. Learn more.
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.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fatal single-vessel boating incident in Mount Pleasant Saturday night.
The Charleston Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation team is investigating a fatal motorcycle collision on Wednesday morning.
KSL: Report: Odorless natural gas filled home days before fatal 2024 South Jordan home explosion
SOUTH JORDAN — Natural gas alarms could have identified an odorless gas leak prior to a fatal home explosion two years ago in South Jordan, according to an investigative report released Tuesday. On ...
Report: Odorless natural gas filled home days before fatal 2024 South Jordan home explosion
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fatal stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction.
Definition of fatal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.