fatal error

collocation in English

meaningsoffatalanderror

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fatal
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.təl/us
/ˈfeɪ.t̬əl/
A fatal illness, accident, etc. ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition offatalanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffatal error

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But it seems to me it was afatalerror, though historically probably inevitable, to entrust these two distinct tasks to the same representative assembly.
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If the author prefers, a validation failure may alternatively lead to afatalerror.
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The fundamental andfatalerrorof alchemy and incantation consists in the mistaken belief that these proportions can be reproduced in the laboratory or in the field.
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After therapy, which had a mean duration of about four weeks, 10 patients could perform all three activities without fatal errors, and three patients made only onefatalerror.
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It is afatalerrorto tell a man to supply or administer something and at the same time give him responsibility for its use.
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And it is afatalerrorfor this reason.
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That was afatalerrorbecause, had he resisted, we know what would have happened.
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That is afatalerrorto fall into.
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The result of thatfatalerroron his part was not slow in showing itself.
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That was afatalerroron his part.
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The tenant can permit one man employed by him to take the rabbits—and that is thefatalerror, because that creates a monopoly.
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However, it would be foolish not to acknowledge that the regime of centralised command, which controls most programmes, has flaws and, indeed, afatalerror.
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Surely this is thefatalerrorwhich we have met so often.
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His chances of making afatalerrorare increased.
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I could offer other proofs than have been put forward to show that to provide, as we are doing, for retaliation, is afatalerror.
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But it would be afatalerrorcomplacently to assume that in a few months the whole problem will thereby be solved, particularly in the more vulnerable areas.
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It was afatalerror.
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That will also be theirfatalerror.
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