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fatal
adjective as in deadly, lethal
adjective as in critical, very important
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Example Sentences
USC was among the schools that made a fatal mistake in their pitch: They told the high school senior they wanted him as a defensive back, taking them out of the running.
A supervision order for that offence had ended three weeks before the fatal attack on Mr Rollinson.
A man has pleaded guilty following a fatal XL bully attack.
When attempting to detect skin cancers, for example, mistakes are often made by the human examiners who confuse very similar-looking but harmless conditions with potentially fatal melanomas.
The infection can clear up on its own and lasts between 14 and 21 days, but in some cases has been fatal, particularly for vulnerable groups including small children.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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