{
    "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’."
}