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black
['bɫæk]
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calamitous
[kə'ɫæmətəs]
a calamitous defeat
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disastrous
[dɪ'zæstrəs]
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
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fatal
['feɪtəɫ]
"it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" - Douglas MacArthur
"such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory" - Charles Darwin
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fateful
['feɪtfəɫ]
a fateful error