In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FATAL
fatal, fateful
(adjective) controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; “a fatal series of events”
fateful, fatal
(adjective) having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; “that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea”- Saturday Rev; “the fatal day of the election finally arrived”
fatal
(adjective) bringing death
black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
(adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; “the stock market crashed on Black Friday”; “a calamitous defeat”; “the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign”; “such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory”- Charles Darwin; “it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it”- Douglas MacArthur; “a fateful error”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fatal (not comparable)
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
Foreboding death or great disaster.
Causing death or destruction.
(computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
Synonyms
• (proceeding from fate): inevitable, necessary
• (foreboding death): terminal
• (causing death): calamitous, deadly, destructive, mortal
Noun
fatal (plural fatals)
A fatality; an event that leads to death.
(computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
Anagrams
• A flat, A-flat, a flat, a-flat, aflat
Source: Wiktionary
Fa"tal, a. Etym: [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate.]
1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] 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. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak.
3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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