A couple in Arkansas has been accused of killing their 2-month-old son after the father initially blamed the boy’s fatal injuries on an accident that involved a car seat. Gabrielle Elaine Ayers was ...
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.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Five motorists killed in separate accidents on Arkansas roads Thursday, Friday
Five people were killed in five separate car accidents across the state on Thursday and Friday, according to preliminary police reports.
Us Weekly on MSN: Couple accused of killing son, dad blamed car seat accident for injuries
Couple accused of killing son, dad blamed car seat accident for injuries
fatal stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction.
A fatal action has very undesirable effects. She knew it was fatal to try to argue with Stephen. He made the fatal mistake of compromising early. It would deal a fatal blow to his fading chances of success.
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.