Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fatal
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Fatal
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~ adj 1 resulting in someone's death (Meningitis is a serious illness, fatal in some cases. | fatal accident/illness/injury etc) (a fatal climbing accident | prove fatal (=be fatal)) (If it is not treated correctly, the condition can prove fatal.) 2 having a very bad effect, especially making someone fail or stop what they are doing (it is fatal to do sth) (It's always fatal to stay up late before an exam. | fatal mistake/error) (Graf made a fatal mistake halfway through the match. | fatal blow) (a fatal blow to the communist system in Eastern Europe | fatal flaw (=a serious weakness in someone or something)) (There was one fatal flaw in his argument.)
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1. A fatal action has very undesirable effects. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America... He made the fatal mistake of compromising early... It would deal a fatal blow to his fading chances of success. ADJ • fatally Failure now could fatally damage his chances in the future. ADV: ADV with v 2. A fatal accident or illness causes someone’s death. A hospital spokesman said she had suffered a fatal heart attack. ADJ • fatally The dead soldier is reported to have been fatally wounded in the chest. ADV: usu ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~is, from fatum fate Date: 14th century 1. obsolete fated 2. fateful a ~ hour 3. a. of or relating to fate b. resembling fate in proceeding according to a fixed sequence c. determining one's fate 4. a. causing death b. bringing ruin a ~ attraction to gambling c. causing failure a ~ design flaw Synonyms: see deadly ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 causing or ending in death (a fatal accident). 2 (often foll. by to) destructive; ruinous; ending in disaster (was fatal to their chances; made a fatal mistake). 3 fateful, decisive. Derivatives fatally adv. fatalness n. Etymology: ME f. OF fatal or L fatalis (as FATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. фатальный, роковой, неизбежный the fatal hour —- роковой час; смертный час fatal spot —- роковое место 2. губительный, пагубный, роковой; смертельный his wound proved fatal —- его рана оказалась смертельной he was the victim of a fatal accident —- он погиб от несчастного случая fatal infection —- вет. смертельная инвазия the event was fatal to my hopes —- это событие погубило все мои надежды he has made a fatal error —- он сделал роковую ошибку the great heat was fatal to many persons —- жара оказалась губительной для многих 3. в грам. знач. сущ.: несчастный случай со смертельным исходом (особ. на дороге) Id: the fatal sisters —- миф. парки Id: the fatal thread (of life) —- нить жизни Id: the fatal shears —- смерть Id: the fatal books —- книги судьбы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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thread нить жизни FATAL sisters myth. парки FATAL adj. 1) роковой, фатальный, неизбежный 2) смертельный, губительный, пагубный - fatal sisters - fatal thread - fatal shears Syn: deadly, lethal, mortal Ant: enlivening, invigorating, life-giving FATAL shears смерть ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, from L. fatalis, from fatum (see fate); sense of "causing death" is pre-1420. Fatality "disaster resulting in death" is from 1840; fatalism appeared 1678. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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