fatal

/'feitl/
Adjective
  1. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
    • a fatal series of events
  2. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
    • the stock market crashed on Black Friday
    • a calamitous defeat
    • the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
    • such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory- Charles Darwin
    • it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it- Douglas MacArthur
    • a fateful error
  3. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
    • that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea- Saturday Rev
    • the fatal day of the election finally arrived
  4. bringing death

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A single fatal mistake caused the entire bridge to collapse.