| query | A f____ action has very undesirable effects.A fatal action has very undesirable effects. She knew it was fatal to try to argue with Stephen. He made the fatal mistake of compromising early. It would deal a fatal blow to his fading chances of success. Failure now could fatally damage his chances in the future. |
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| word | fatal |
| full-definition | adjective A fatal action has very undesirable effects. She knew it was fatal to try to argue with Stephen. He made the fatal mistake of compromising early. It would deal a fatal blow to his fading chances of success. Failure now could fatally damage his chances in the future. A fatal accident or illness causes someone's death. ...the fatal stabbing of a police sergeant. A hospital spokesman said she had suffered a fatal heart attack. The dead soldier is reported to have been fatally wounded in the chest. |
| inflections | fatallyfatally |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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