All fatal synonyms
faΒ·tal
F f adj fatal
- catastrophic β Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- calamitous β If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- mortal β subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- cataclysmic β A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
- disastrous β causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- fateful β having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- malignant β disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- virulent β actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- poisonous β full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- ruinous β bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- destructive β Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- incurable β not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- inevitable β unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
- crucial β If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- decisive β If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- baleful β Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- baneful β destructive, poisonous, or fatal
- deathly β If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
- final β pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.
- ill-fated β destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- killing β the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
- noxious β harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- pernicious β causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pestilent β producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- terminal β situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- pestilential β producing or tending to produce pestilence.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- malefic β productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- mortiferous β deadly; fatal.
- destined β If something is destined to happen or if someone is destined to behave in a particular way, that thing seems certain to happen or be done.
- determining β having the quality of deciding
- doomed β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- unlucky β (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
- foreordained β to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- predestined β to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
adjective fatal
- deadly β If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- lethal β of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- serious β of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- grave β the grave accent.
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- important β of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- significant β important; of consequence.
- momentous β of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- pivotal β of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.