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Synonyms for fateful

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adjective · having momentous consequences; of decisive importance

“that fateful meeting of the U.N. when … it declared war on North Korea”

adjective · ominously prophetic
adjective · (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

“the stock market crashed on Black Friday”

adjective · controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

“a fatal series of events”