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fateful

/ˈfeɪtfəl/ · 7 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;, Saturday Rev

    that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea

  2. adjective

    ominously prophetic

  3. adjective

    (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ;, Charles Darwin;, Douglas MacArthur

    the stock market crashed on Black Friday

  4. adjective

    controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

    a fatal series of events

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