fatal stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction.

FATAL meaning: 1. A fatal illness, accident, etc. causes death: 2. very serious and having an important bad…. Learn more.

Fatal describes conditions, circumstances, or events that have already caused death or are virtually certain to do so in the future: a fatal accident; a fatal illness.

Definition of fatal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal apply to something that has caused or is capable of causing death. Fatal may refer to either the future or the past; in either case, it emphasizes inevitability and the …

Jan 20, 2026 · fatal (comparative more fatal, superlative most fatal) She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were …

Fatal definition: Causing or capable of causing death.