Pertaining to or causing death; denoting especially inevitability or inescapability of death. [L. fatalis, of or belonging to fate]
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fa·tal 'fāt-əl adj causing death <a \fatal diabetic coma (Havelock Ellis)>
fa·tal·ly 'fāt-əl-ē adv
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fa·tal (faґtəl) causing death; called also mortal and lethal.Medical dictionary. 2011.