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calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate
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Despite its name and fatal history in the Middle Ages, the plague is rare and generally treatable, at least in the United States. — Eric Levenson, CNN, "Plague-infected prairie dogs have shut down parts of a Denver suburb," 17 Aug. 2019 By combining and then analyzing information from Fatal Encounters and the National Vital Statistics System, the team was able to calculate the prevalence of fatal police violence overall and according to race, age and gender. — Los Angeles Times, "Getting killed by police is a leading cause of death for young black men in America," 16 Aug. 2019 Police say the crime occurred in the area of the 300 block of St. Paul St. Then, at 12:45 a.m. there were two shootings within a minute of each other — one fatal, police said. — Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, "Two dead, five injured - including teen in critical condition - in overnight Baltimore shootings," 16 Aug. 2019 In 2016, she was diagnosed with Friedrich’s Ataxia, a degenerative and potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder that causes a decline in muscle control and coordination. — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, "Bedridden Teen Suffers from Rare Disease Turning Him Into Stone: 'It's Only Getting Worse'," 16 Aug. 2019 Many online took issue with the seemingly glib use of a horrific — and ongoing – trauma to sell beer, with some even going so far as to compare the naming of the beer after Bikini Atoll to other fatal incidents like the September 11 attacks. — Cady Lang, Time, "Beer Named After Nuclear Testing Site Bikini Atoll Gets Called Out for Insensitivity," 16 Aug. 2019 Yet if Mr Sanders stayed in the race come what may, dividing the Democratic left, that could prove to be a fatal mistake. — The Economist, "Bernie Sanders’s permanent revolution," 15 Aug. 2019 There have been at least three accidents, two of them fatal, on cargo airlines since 2006 in which lithium batteries were suspected of helping spread fires. — Mark Gurman, Fortune, "Some Apple Laptops Will Be Banned From Flying, FAA Says," 14 Aug. 2019 Instead, the study examined how fatal police use of force more generally affects different groups. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "Why police violence needs to be treated as a public health issue," 14 Aug. 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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