Synonyms:
fateful, fatal
Meaning: having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
Usage examples
But Kerensky made a fatal blunder.
One fatal swoon has cost me my Life..
A defeat would be fatal to the whole undertaking.
But, ma'am, a fatal mistake was at the root of my reckoning.
The emaciated fingers began to pick at the coverlet, a fatal sign.
It is fatal to either the actor or the speaker to cross his bridges too soon.
Repeat topsecret. Martian fever incubates fourteen years, believed highly fatal.
It was a kind of fatal impulse, that seemed destined to hurry me to my destruction.
'Then exorcise me quickly, but don't sprinkle me with acid; it would be fatal to my clothes.'
This event was in itself a mighty blow to the king; but proved more fatal in its consequences.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Big Bang, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Lansbury, License CC BY-SA 4.0