quasi-fatal
l adjective
1.
causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
2.
causing destruction, misfortune, ruin, or failure: The withdrawal of funds was fatal to the project.
3.
decisively important; fateful: The fatal day finally arrived.
4.
proceeding from or decreed by fate; inevitable: a fatal series of events.
5.
influencing or concerned with fate; fatalistic.
Related forms
fa·tal·ness, noun
non·fa·tal, adjective
non·fa·tal·ly, adverb
non·fa·tal·ness, noun
qua·si-fa·tal, adjective
Synonyms
1. 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 inescapable—the disastrous, whether death or dire misfortune: The accident was fatal. Such a mistake would be fatal. Deadly looks to the future, and suggests that which is likely to cause death (though not inevitably so): a deadly poison, disease. Like deadly, lethal looks to the future but, like many other words of Latin origin, suggests a more technical usage: a lethal dose; a gas that is lethal. Mortal looks to the past and refers to death that has actually occurred: He received a mortal wound. The disease proved to be mortal. 2. ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, devastating. 4. predestined, foreordained.
1. 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 inescapable—the disastrous, whether death or dire misfortune: The accident was fatal. Such a mistake would be fatal. Deadly looks to the future, and suggests that which is likely to cause death (though not inevitably so): a deadly poison, disease. Like deadly, lethal looks to the future but, like many other words of Latin origin, suggests a more technical usage: a lethal dose; a gas that is lethal. Mortal looks to the past and refers to death that has actually occurred: He received a mortal wound. The disease proved to be mortal. 2. ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, devastating. 4. predestined, foreordained.
Antonyms
1. life-giving.
1. life-giving.
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fatal (ˈfeɪtəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | resulting in or capable of causing death: a fatal accident |
| 2. | bringing ruin; disastrous |
| 3. | decisively important; fateful |
| 4. | decreed by fate; destined; inevitable |
| [C14: from Old French fatal or Latin fātālis, from fātum, see | |
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Word Origin & History
fatal
late 14c., "decreed by fate," from L. fatalis "ordained by fate," from fatum (see fate); sense of "causing death" is early 15c.
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Medical Dictionary
fatal fa·tal (fāt'l)
adj.
Causing or capable of causing death.
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