fatal error
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an error that causes total failure or disaster
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Examples (10)
- He made the fatal error of borrowing more than he could pay back.
- The pilot's fatal error in judgment caused the plane crash.
- She committed a fatal error by trusting the wrong people.
- One fatal error in the code crashed the entire system.
- The general's fatal error was underestimating the enemy.
- It would be a fatal error to ignore these warning signs.
- The surgeon's fatal error during the operation was devastating.
- His fatal error was believing he was invincible.
- The company's fatal error led to bankruptcy within months.
- Making that fatal error cost him his entire career.