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FATEFUL
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”
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”
fateful, foreboding, portentous
(adjective) ominously prophetic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Source: Wiktionary
Fate"ful, a. .
Definition: Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. "The fateful steel." J. Barlow.
2. Significant of fate; ominous. The fateful cawings of the crow. Longfellow.
– Fate"ful*ly, adv.- Fate"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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