fateful word

Frequency: 5.20.3 per million words

Used to describe a word or words that have an important and often negative effect on future events.

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Examples (10)

His fateful word changed everything between them forever.
She regretted speaking that fateful word in anger.
The judge's fateful word sealed the defendant's destiny.
One fateful word from the king started the war.
The doctor's fateful word shattered their hopes completely.
He whispered the fateful word that ended their friendship.
That fateful word spoken in haste destroyed his career.
The prophet's fateful word came true years later.
Her fateful word of betrayal echoed through the courtroom.
The commander's fateful word sent soldiers to their doom.