Parents try not to think about it, hoping that if they blot the children out, the fateful call or cable will never come.
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Fateful
/ˈfeɪtfəl/
Synonyms for "fateful" (143 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(2 words)
doominghistoric watershed moment
Related words (71)
in storein the cardsinauspiciousindefeasibleineluctableinescapableinevasibleinevitableinexorableinflexibleinternecineirresistibleirrevocablelethalloweringmajormarkedmenacingmomentousmonstrous
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Noun(1 words)
karmic cycle
Adjective(2 words)
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11 total sentences available.
Under Bouteflika, Algeria made many fateful economic errors.
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In what would prove to be a fateful decision, he and his wife enjoyed brunch at a fancy resort.
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Yanni made a fateful decision.
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