fatal
/ˈfeɪ.təl/ noun C2- A fatality; an event that leads to death. · another fatal on the turnpike during rush hour
- A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
Plural fatals
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A mistake would have been fatal.
The three men entered the fatal room together, while the horror-stricken butler followed at their heels, closing the door behind him to shut out the terrible scene from the maid servants.
There was a single lamp over the gateway and a steady globe of light in the fatal study.
I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand.
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