Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fatal

Fatal , adjective

[Latin fatalis, from fatum: compare French fatal. See Fate.]

1.
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [Rare]
These thing are fatal and necessary. — Tillotson
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. — Bacon
2.
Foreboding death or great disaster. [Rare]
That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. — Shakespeare
3.
Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.