Fatal
adjective
Causing death.
Suffering a fatal wound, the soldier fell down.
Often appears as...
- fatal injury
- fatal accident
adjective
Causing failure or the end of something.
His lack of attention to detail proved fatal in his career.
Often appears as...
- fatal flaw
- fatal mistake
adjective
Of very serious consequence or importance.
Ignoring the problem could have fatal consequences.
Often appears as...
- fatal consequences
- fatal decision
adjective
Causing death.
Suffering a fatal wound, the soldier fell down.
Often appears as...
- fatal injury
- fatal accident
adjective
Causing failure or the end of something.
His lack of attention to detail proved fatal in his career.
Often appears as...
- fatal flaw
- fatal mistake
adjective
Of very serious consequence or importance.
Ignoring the problem could have fatal consequences.
Often appears as...
- fatal consequences
- fatal decision
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Irrevocable Outcome
Use 'fatal' to stress that death can't be avoided after an event like an injury or disease.
The venom of this snake is so potent, a single bite is often fatal.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Fatal' carries a weight of severity; use it in contexts that reflect a somber or serious tone.
There was a fatal collision on the highway last night.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Instant
'Fatal' doesn't always mean death is immediate, just that it's inevitable as a result of the event.
She was diagnosed with a fatal illness that could take years to reach its inevitable end.
Pro Tip 1/3Irrevocable Outcome
Use 'fatal' to stress that death can't be avoided after an event like an injury or disease.
The venom of this snake is so potent, a single bite is often fatal.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Fatal' carries a weight of severity; use it in contexts that reflect a somber or serious tone.
There was a fatal collision on the highway last night.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Instant
'Fatal' doesn't always mean death is immediate, just that it's inevitable as a result of the event.
She was diagnosed with a fatal illness that could take years to reach its inevitable end.
Pro Tip 1/3Irrevocable Outcome
Use 'fatal' to stress that death can't be avoided after an event like an injury or disease.
The venom of this snake is so potent, a single bite is often fatal.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Fatal' carries a weight of severity; use it in contexts that reflect a somber or serious tone.
There was a fatal collision on the highway last night.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Instant
'Fatal' doesn't always mean death is immediate, just that it's inevitable as a result of the event.
She was diagnosed with a fatal illness that could take years to reach its inevitable end.
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How does asthma work? -...
which can lead to death from lack of oxygen. So how do we prevent these uncomfortable and potentially fatal attacks in people who have asthma? One way is to reduce the presence of triggers. Unfortunately, the world is an unpredictable place and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled.
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What happens when you...
He had suffered an exertional heat stroke. Fortunately, with immediate and proper treatment, he survived the potentially fatal episode and has since helped save 167 people in similar circumstances. From ancient soldiers on the battlefield to modern day warriors on the gridiron,
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Storytelling can be...
so suddenly you have a stampede of pink elephants that's careening around Union Square causing fatal Street car accidents and you're just fine you think oh yes this is the way the world works and this is what stories do this is why stories are powerful this is why people
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their exceptionally long legs to strike their prey delivering a fatal blow with a
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Alzheimer’s Is Not...
to see the real physical damage caused by this disease. As well as triggering severe loss of memory and mental abilities, the damage to the brain caused by Alzheimer's significantly reduces life expectancy and is always fatal.
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How aspirin was...
Over time, research has also uncovered aspirin's risks. Overconsumption can cause bleeding in the intestines and the brain. It can also trigger Reye's Syndrome, a rare but often fatal illness that affects the brain and liver
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Baby Elephant Has Broken...
any further infection infection in a fractured bone could be fatal the antibiotics should save her life so the young cough like this should heal very fast miro is coming round but she's totally confused
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Everything you need to...
in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line, "Life and death appear to me ideal bounds which I should first break through
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Cannibal Scorpions vs....
combination wrestling match tango competition and advanced yoga class look at this amazing sight one scorpion finds the tiniest and the others armor and administers the fatal
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
males must fight for the right to breed but on these sheer cliffs any slip by either animal could be fatal a snow leopard the rarest of himalayan
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How does asthma work? -...
which can lead to death from lack of oxygen. So how do we prevent these uncomfortable and potentially fatal attacks in people who have asthma? One way is to reduce the presence of triggers. Unfortunately, the world is an unpredictable place and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled.
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What happens when you...
He had suffered an exertional heat stroke. Fortunately, with immediate and proper treatment, he survived the potentially fatal episode and has since helped save 167 people in similar circumstances. From ancient soldiers on the battlefield to modern day warriors on the gridiron,
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Storytelling can be...
so suddenly you have a stampede of pink elephants that's careening around Union Square causing fatal Street car accidents and you're just fine you think oh yes this is the way the world works and this is what stories do this is why stories are powerful this is why people
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their exceptionally long legs to strike their prey delivering a fatal blow with a
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Alzheimer’s Is Not...
to see the real physical damage caused by this disease. As well as triggering severe loss of memory and mental abilities, the damage to the brain caused by Alzheimer's significantly reduces life expectancy and is always fatal.
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How aspirin was...
Over time, research has also uncovered aspirin's risks. Overconsumption can cause bleeding in the intestines and the brain. It can also trigger Reye's Syndrome, a rare but often fatal illness that affects the brain and liver
Video examples
Baby Elephant Has Broken...
any further infection infection in a fractured bone could be fatal the antibiotics should save her life so the young cough like this should heal very fast miro is coming round but she's totally confused
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Everything you need to...
in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line, "Life and death appear to me ideal bounds which I should first break through
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Cannibal Scorpions vs....
combination wrestling match tango competition and advanced yoga class look at this amazing sight one scorpion finds the tiniest and the others armor and administers the fatal
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
males must fight for the right to breed but on these sheer cliffs any slip by either animal could be fatal a snow leopard the rarest of himalayan
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Peter Lorre
Being typed is not important. For a while vou are typed as one thing. You get out of that. Then you are typed as something else. You can break away from everything except comedy. It's fatal to be typed as a comedian. You can't get out of that.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another.
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Frederick Buechner
American Clergyman
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
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Ajith Kumar
Indian Actor
I have become a fatalist in life, so I don't try to set goals.
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Don Shula
American Coach
Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.
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William Cowper
English Poet
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Peter Lorre
Being typed is not important. For a while vou are typed as one thing. You get out of that. Then you are typed as something else. You can break away from everything except comedy. It's fatal to be typed as a comedian. You can't get out of that.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another.
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Frederick Buechner
American Clergyman
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
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Ajith Kumar
Indian Actor
I have become a fatalist in life, so I don't try to set goals.
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Don Shula
American Coach
Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.
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William Cowper
English Poet
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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