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fateful definition fateful meaning and fateful synonyms
adjective
Meaning 1 having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
Synonym fatal
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Usage

that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea

the fatal day of the election finally arrived

fateful definition fateful meaning and fateful synonyms
adjective
Meaning 2 ominously prophetic
Synonym foreboding(a), portentous
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fateful definition fateful meaning and fateful synonyms
adjective
Meaning 3 (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Synonym black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal
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Usage

the stock market crashed on Black Friday

a calamitous defeat

the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign

such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory

it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it

a fateful error

fateful definition fateful meaning and fateful synonyms
adjective
Meaning 4 controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
Synonym fatal
Antonym  
Usage a fatal series of events
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