fatal

adj.致命的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
fatal (adjective)
1.
obsolete - fated
2.
- fateful a fatal 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 fatal attraction to gambling
c) causing failure - a fatal design flaw deadly
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
fatal (adjective)
1.
bringing about ruin or misfortune
SYNONYMS:
calamitous, cataclysmal ( cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate
RELATED WORDS:
apocalyptic ( apocalyptical); hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless; adverse, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial
NEAR ANTONYMS:
fluky ( flukey), fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential; auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, rosy, upbeat
fatal (adjective)
2.
likely to cause or capable of causing death
SYNONYMS:
baleful, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, terminal, vital
RELATED WORDS:
baneful, deleterious, destructive, harmful, injurious, noxious, pernicious, truculent; infectious, infective, pestilential, poisonous, sublethal, toxic, virulent; dangerous, grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, ugly, unhealthy, unsound; bloody, internecine, sanguinary, sanguine
NEAR ANTONYMS:
beneficial, restorative, salubrious, salutary; alleviative, corrective, curative, remedial, tonic; advantageous, beneficial, useful; nonpoisonous, nontoxic, safe
healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, wholesome
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