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calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate
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There have been at least three accidents, two of them fatal, on cargo airlines since 2006 in which lithium batteries were suspected of causing fires. — Angus Whitley, Fortune, "More Airlines Are Banning Some Apple Laptops from Checked Luggage," 28 Aug. 2019 The couple says the memorial is for the workers who have come down with illnesses, some fatal, including cancers of the lung, brain, blood and skin and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. — Washington Post, "Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash," 28 Aug. 2019 The latest fatal shooting happened shortly after midnight Saturday in the Far South Side’s Cottage Grove Heights neighborhood in the 9500 block of South University Avenue. — Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com, "2 dead, at least 6 wounded in overnight violence," 24 Aug. 2019 The neurological disorder is fatal, and exposure cannot be detected until shortly before the deer’s death. — USA TODAY, "‘Stranger’ tourists, Phish and the plague, kinkajou attack: News from around our 50 states," 22 Aug. 2019 The shootings were not fatal, and occurred during traffic stops, tense standoffs and in some cases ambushes while officers served warrants at homes. — Faith Karimi, CNN, "Sniper, ambush and standoffs: Officers shot in five states over the past week," 22 Aug. 2019 Remember that extreme heat can have dangerous, sometimes fatal, effects on pets. — Maddie Hiatt, House Beautiful, "How To Keep Your Pet Safe This Summer," 26 July 2019 Guns make domestic violence situations far more fatal: Victims are five times more likely to be killed if their abuser has access to a gun. — Danielle Tcholakian, The New Republic, "The Obscene Difficulty of Depriving a Troubled White Man of a Gun," 23 July 2019 Komorov and backup pilot Yuri Gagarin had repeatedly complained to officials that the Soyuz was full of problems that would likely be fatal, only to have those concerns fall on deaf ears. — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, "11 things you might not know about Apollo 11 and the Space Race: Apollo 11 at 50," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fatal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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