fatally

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A senior politician described it as "fatally flawed".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

"We're writing to government to tell them that the DBS system is fatally flawed," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In throwing out the guilty verdict, the state supreme court found that jury deliberations were fatally flawed by improper remarks by Becky Hill, then the Colleton County clerk of court.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Like the dinitros, it interferes, often fatally, with the body’s source of energy, so that the affected organism almost literally burns itself up.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson