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mortale, letale

Che provoca la morte o può provocarla.

In inglese semplice: Causing someone to die, or capable of doing so.

• The accident was fatal.
• Untreated infections can be fatal.
• He suffered fatal injuries in the crash.

Come si usa: fatal to someone/something (Even a small amount can be fatal to a child.)

Sinonimi: deadly, lethal

Contrari: nonfatal

Espressioni comuni: fatal accident, fatal injury, fatal dose

fatale, disastroso, mortale

Che provoca la morte, un fallimento completo o la distruzione di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Causing death, complete failure, or the destruction of something.

• That was a fatal mistake.
• The plan had a fatal flaw.
• Losing the contract proved fatal to the business.

Come si usa: fatal to something (The loss of funding was fatal to the project.)

Sinonimi: disastrous, ruinous, deadly

Espressioni comuni: fatal mistake, fatal flaw, fatal blow, fatal wound

irreversibile, fatale

Che causa l’interruzione immediata di un programma informatico.

In inglese semplice: Causing a computer program to stop working immediately.

• A fatal error stopped the program.
• The screen displayed a fatal exception message.
• Save your work before another fatal crash occurs.

Sinonimi: unrecoverable

Contrari: nonfatal

Espressioni comuni: fatal error, fatal exception, fatal system error

predestinato, fatidico

Stabilito dal destino, senza che le persone possano cambiare ciò che accadrà.

In inglese semplice: Decided by fate, so that people cannot change what will happen.

• They accepted the gods' fatal decree.
• The hero could not escape his fatal destiny.
• She believed the fatal hour had been fixed at birth.

Sinonimi: fated, predestined, foreordained

Espressioni comuni: fatal decree, fatal destiny, fatal hour

incidente mortale

Incidente o altro evento in cui muore qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: An accident or other event in which someone dies.

• Police reported another fatal overnight.
• Two fatals occurred on that road last month.
• The officer was called to a fatal on the highway.

Sinonimi: fatal accident, fatality

Espressioni comuni: another fatal, road fatal, report a fatal