fatal
/ˈfeɪtl/adjective
उच्चारण फ़ेटल
जानलेवा, घातक, प्राणघातक
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causing or ending in death
जानलेवा, घातक, प्राणघातक
- a fatal road accident
- The bite of this snake can be fatal.
- The disease was fatal before the vaccine was found.
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- A fatal accident closed the highway for hours.
- Eating those wild mushrooms could be fatal.
Opposite harmless non-fatal survivable
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causing disaster or failure
विनाशकारी, बरबाद कर देने वाला
- a fatal error in the calculation
- It would be fatal to delay the operation.
- Leaving the exam hall early was a fatal mistake.
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- One careless move proved fatal to the team's chances.
- The scandal dealt a fatal blow to his career.
Synonyms disastrous ruinous catastrophic
Opposite beneficial minor
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fatal (adjective, before and after a verb)
Fatal can come before a noun or after be. It means causing death or leading to disaster.
'Fatal' noun के पहले या 'be' के बाद आ सकता है; इसका अर्थ मृत्यु या विनाश का कारण बनने वाला है।
- The accident proved fatal for two passengers.
- A fatal error in the calculation ruined the project.
fatal to / for sb or sth
Use to or for to show the person or the thing that is destroyed or ended.
जिस व्यक्ति या वस्तु का नाश होता है, उसे बताने के लिए 'to' या 'for' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Overconfidence can be fatal to your chances of success.
- Poor planning was fatal for the campaign.
fatal vs fatally (adverb)
The adverb fatally is used before a participle or adjective, such as fatally wounded or fatally flawed.
Participle या adjective के पहले adverb 'fatally' आता है, जैसे fatally wounded या fatally flawed।
- The soldier was fatally wounded in the border clash.
- The design was fatally flawed from the start.
fatal accident / fatal attraction (set uses)
Fatal also appears in fixed phrases where the result is serious but not always death.
'Fatal' कुछ स्थिर वाक्यांशों में भी आता है जहाँ परिणाम गंभीर होता है, पर हमेशा मृत्यु नहीं।
- Skipping the basics is a fatal mistake in any exam.
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fatal + noun
accidentinjurycrashdosemistakeflaw
- A fatal crash on the expressway shocked the whole town.
adverb + fatal
almostpotentiallyusuallynearlyoften
- The disease is potentially fatal if left untreated.
prove / be fatal
provebeturn outbecome
- The delay proved fatal for the patient.
fatal + to
to healthto hopesto a careerto democracy
- One corrupt act can be fatal to a career in public life.
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- The snake bite was fatal because help came too late.
साँप का काटना घातक सिद्ध हुआ क्योंकि सहायता बहुत देर से पहुँची।
- Radhika made a fatal error by leaving the last page blank.
राधिका ने अंतिम पृष्ठ खाली छोड़कर एक घातक भूल कर दी।
- A single wrong move proved fatal in the chess final.
शतरंज के फ़ाइनल में एक गलत चाल घातक साबित हुई।
- The company's failure to adapt was fatal to its future.
कंपनी का बदलाव न अपनाना उसके भविष्य के लिए घातक था।
- Mixing these two medicines can have fatal results.
इन दोनों दवाइयों को मिलाने के घातक परिणाम हो सकते हैं।
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✗ The accident was fatal and ten persons were died.
✓ The accident was fatal and ten persons died.
Die is an intransitive verb and has no passive form.
'Die' अकर्मक क्रिया है और इसका passive रूप नहीं बनता।
✗ The fatal of the bite surprised the doctors.
✓ The fatality of the bite surprised the doctors.
Fatal is an adjective; the noun is fatality.
'Fatal' adjective है; इसका noun रूप 'fatality' है।
✗ Smoking is fatal for to health.
✓ Smoking is fatal to health.
Use only one preposition, fatal to or fatal for.
केवल एक ही preposition लगाइए: 'fatal to' या 'fatal for'।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Fatal, deadly and mortal all concern death, but they point to different things.
Fatal, deadly और mortal तीनों मृत्यु से जुड़े हैं, पर अलग-अलग बात की ओर संकेत करते हैं।
Describes something that actually causes death or ends in disaster.
ऐसी बात जो वास्तव में मृत्यु या विनाश का कारण बनती है।
- It was a fatal fall from the roof.
Describes something that is able to kill, even if it has not done so yet.
ऐसी चीज़ जो मार सकने में सक्षम हो, भले ही उसने अभी मारा न हो।
- The cobra is a deadly snake.
Used for beings who must die, or for wounds and fears that cannot be cured.
उन प्राणियों के लिए जिन्हें मरना ही है, या ऐसे घावों और भय के लिए जिनका इलाज नहीं हो सकता।
- All human beings are mortal.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
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fatal or fateful?
Fatal means causing death or disaster: 'a fatal accident'. Fateful means having important, often unpleasant, consequences: 'the fateful decision to resign'.
Fatal का अर्थ 'मृत्यु या विनाश का कारण' है, जैसे 'a fatal accident'। Fateful का अर्थ 'जिसके परिणाम बहुत महत्वपूर्ण (प्रायः अप्रिय) हों' है, जैसे 'the fateful decision to resign'।
The fatal/fateful pair is a sentence-improvement item.
Sentence improvement में fatal और fateful का अंतर पूछा जाता है।
§Grammar and usage
The noun fatality means a death in an accident or war.
Noun fatality का अर्थ 'दुर्घटना या युद्ध में मृत्यु' है।
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That which causes death.
'जो मृत्यु का कारण बने' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।