fatal

fatal
'feitl
adjective
1) (causing death: a fatal accident.) dødelig
2) (disastrous: She made the fatal mistake of not inviting him to the party.) skjebnesvanger, ødeleggende
•
- fatality
skjebnesvanger
adj. \/ˈfeɪtl\/
1) dødelig, dødbringende, med dødelig utgang, livsfarlig, livstruende, fatal
• the last blow he received was fatal
2) ulykkesbringende, skjebnesvanger, ødeleggende, ulykkelig, fatal
• it proved to be a fatal mistake
3) skjebne-, uunngåelig
4) (gammeldags) profetisk
be fatal eller prove fatal (også) få dødelig utgang
be fatal to eller prove fatal (også) forpurre, forhindre
• his illness was fatal to our plans
fatal accident dødsulykke
fatal to skjebnesvanger for, ødeleggende for
the fatal shears (poetisk) dødens saks
the fatal sisters (mytologi) skjebnegudinnene, nornene
the fatal thread livstråden

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  • fatal — fatal, ale [ fatal ] adj. • XIVe; lat. fatalis, de fatum « destin » 1 ♦ Du destin; fixé, marqué par le destin. Le moment, l instant fatal. ⇒ fatidique. « Cette grande figure une et multiple, lugubre et rayonnante, fatale et sacrée, l Homme »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fatal — fatal, ale (fa tal, ta l ) adj. 1°   Qui porte avec soi une destinée irrévocable. Le tison fatal de Méléagre. •   Vint enfin le moment du festin fatal de la reine [Esther], dont le favori [Aman] s était tant enorgueilli, BOSSUET Polit. X, III, 5 …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • fatal — fa·tal adj 1: causing failure of a legal claim or cause of action a fatal defect in the proceedings W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel 2: making something (as a contract) invalid or unenforceable there is a fatal indefiniteness with the result that… …   Law dictionary

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  • fatal — FATAL, [fat]ale. adj. Qui porte avec soy une destinée inévitable. Le cheveu fatal de Nisus. le dard fatal de Cephale. le tison fatal de Meleagre. le nom des Scipions estoit fatal à l Afrique. sort fatal. destin fatal. loy fatale. decret fatal.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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  • Fatal — Fa tal, a. [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See {Fate}.] 1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] [1913 Webster] These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] It was fatal to the king …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fatal — may refer to:* Redirect to Death * Fatal (Hussein Fatal album) * Fatal Recordings, a feminist record label * Fatal (rapper), a rapper who collaborated with the band Therapy? on the song Come and Die from the soundtrack to the film Judgment Night… …   Wikipedia

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