26984 words

fateful

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
having an important and usually negative effect on the future:

Examples:

fateful day the fateful day of President Kennedy's assassination
fateful decision He made the fateful decision to send in the troops.
2
having a very important and often negative effect on the future:

Examples:

In 1971, President Richard Nixon made a fateful decision to install tape recorders in the White House.

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