fatal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective bringing death
adjective having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; - Saturday Rev
adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur

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

“Alas! what a fatal interruption! — The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
The other thing is fatal. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
The blow was a fatal one. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

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