01 a. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
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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.
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Foreboding death or great disaster.[R.]“That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours.” — Shak.
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Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.