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Word entry · 5 letters

fatal

Best crossword clue

"Likely to cause death"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈfeɪ.təl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aafltStarts with FEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

Word origin

From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake
  • Author Rita Mae Brown consistently strings together short comical movie clips which may be fine for screenplays but fatal in novels. Unfortunately, Toder chooses to imitate this model and her story suffers.

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