fatal

fatal
adj.
1 causing death
VERBS
be, prove
ADVERB
nearly (esp. AmE)

He has not driven since his nearly fatal accident earlier this year.

(near-fatal in BrE)
always, invariably
often, sometimes, usually
rarely
possibly, potentially

a possibly fatal setback to his plans

The disease is potentially fatal.

PREPOSITION
for

This kind of accident is almost always fatal for the pilot.

to

a chemical which is invariably fatal to small mammals

2 causing serious trouble
VERBS
be, prove
ADVERB
absolutely
ultimately

Her disregard of this advice was ultimately fatal.

PREPOSITION
to

Tax increases have proved fatal to the nation's business community.

Fatal is used with these nouns: ↑accident, ↑attack, ↑attraction, ↑blow, ↑complication, ↑consequence, ↑crash, ↑disease, ↑dose, ↑error, ↑flaw, ↑haemorrhage, ↑heart attack, ↑illness, ↑incident, ↑injury, ↑mishap, ↑mistake, ↑outcome, ↑overdose, ↑poisoning, ↑shot, ↑side effect, ↑smash, ↑sting, ↑stroke, ↑weakness, ↑wound

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