Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson. It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon.
Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak.
Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
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