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{
"term": "fatal",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "causing or ending in death",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **fatal accident/blow/illness**"
},
{
"text": "a **potentially fatal** form of cancer"
},
{
"text": "If she gets ill again it could **prove fatal**."
},
{
"text": "He has not driven since his nearly fatal accident earlier this year."
},
{
"text": "Her disregard of this advice was ultimately fatal."
},
{
"text": "The disease is potentially fatal."
},
{
"text": "This kind of accident is almost always fatal for the pilot."
},
{
"text": "a chemical which is invariably fatal to small mammals"
},
{
"text": "He suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by a car."
},
{
"text": "Most farmers are alert to the potentially fatal consequences of an overturning tractor."
},
{
"text": "They were involved in a fatal accident."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove"],
"adverb": ["nearly", "always", "invariably"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "causing disaster or failure",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **fatal error/mistake**"
},
{
"text": "Any delay would be fatal."
},
{
"text": "There was a **fatal flaw** in the plan."
},
{
"text": "It'd be fatal to try and stop them now."
},
{
"text": "a possibly fatal setback to his plans"
},
{
"text": "Tax increases have proved fatal to the nation's business community."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "ultimately"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfeɪtl/",
"audio": "fa/fatal/fatal__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfeɪtl/",
"audio": "fa/fatal/fatal__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the senses ‘destined by fate’ and ‘ominous’): from Old French, or from Latin fatalis, from fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’."
}