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Original entry ↗adj
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. · Foreboding death or great disaster. · Causing death or destruction. · Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA fatality; an event that leads to death. · A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
From Middle French fatal, from Latin fātālis (“fatal”).
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