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calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fatal, ruinous, unfortunate
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But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger's legend will know. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'True History of the Kelly Gang': Film Review | TIFF 2019," 6 Sep. 2019 During his tour, a fan asked Mendes about a fateful sentence the singer had once said. — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, "PSA: Shawn Mendes Just Confirmed He's in a Relationship," 1 Sep. 2019 After that fateful landing on July 21, 1944, the eradication of the local Resistance took only days. — Sylvie Bigar, Washington Post, "Her uncle died with the French Resistance, and she had to visit the spot," 30 Aug. 2019 As leader of Ohio Living, the largest nonprofit of its kind in his state, Gumina recalls receiving a fateful call one Saturday night in 2016. — Fortune, "How the Best Elder Care Companies Are Fighting the Talent Shortage," 22 Aug. 2019 The prose is dense, occasionally impenetrable, with chewy passages that can feel, in the moment, like unnecessary discursions, though most prove essential by the story’s fateful finale. — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, "Téa Obreht follows up 'The Tiger's Wife' with 'Inland' a haunted, fantastical Western," 13 Aug. 2019 His manuscript, Of Plymouth Plantation, details his voyage to the new world, his efforts to settle in Plymouth, and many important events thereafter, including one particularly fateful dinner that took place in the fall of 1621. — Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, "Why Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving—and Why Does It Fall on a Thursday?," 12 Aug. 2019 The promotion kicked off for the public on July 19 and will wrap up on August 4, but even as that fateful day approaches, those looking to save big on some epic beauty deals aren't entirely out of luck. — Allure, "All the Last Chance Deals to Shop in Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale," 2 Aug. 2019 The fateful decision to avoid treatment centers haunts survivors like Asifiwe Kavira, 24, who fell ill with Ebola along with eight of her relatives. — Washington Post, "Too many in Congo’s Ebola outbreak are dying at home," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fateful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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