fatal

About 11.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
2. adjective Foreboding death or great disaster.
3. adjective Causing death or destruction.

   a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake

4. adjective Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.

   a fatal error; a fatal exception

5. noun A fatality; an event that leads to death.

   another fatal on the turnpike during rush hour

6. noun A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.

Similar words

fateful decisive inevitable calamitous disastrous black mortal deathly deadly lethal

Often followed by

to consequences cases in blow disease and error mistake