FATEFUL

• (adj.) controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

  "a fatal series of events"

  synonyms : fatal

• (adj.) having momentous consequences; of decisive importance

  "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea", "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"

  synonyms : fatal

• (adj.) (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", "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it", "a fateful error"

  synonyms : black , calamitous , disastrous , fatal

• (adj.) ominously prophetic

  synonyms : foreboding , portentous

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