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fate•ful
Pronunciation: (fāt'ful), [key]—
adj.
1. having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous:
a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
2. fatal, deadly, or disastrous.
3. controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable.
4. prophetic; ominous.
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