Fatal Definition–adjective | 1. | causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison. |
| 2. | causing destruction, misfortune, ruin, or failure: The withdrawal of funds was fatal to the project. |
| 3. | decisively important; fateful: The fatal day finally arrived. |
| 4. | proceeding from or decreed by fate; inevitable: a fatal series of events. |
| 5. | influencing or concerned with fate; fatalistic. |
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Car Definition–noun
| 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. |
| 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. |
| 4. | British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm ca
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| 5. | Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. |
| 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. |
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Accident Definition–noun | 1. | an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap: automobile accidents. |
| 2. | Law. such a happening resulting in injury that is in no way the fault of the injured person for which compen
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| 3. | any event that happens unexpectedly, without a deliberate plan or cause. |
| 4. | chance; fortune; luck: I was there by accident. |
| 5. | a fortuitous circumstance, quality, or characteristic: an accident of birth. |
| 6. | Philosophy. any entity or event contingent upon the existence of something else. |
| 7. | Geology. a surface irregularity, usually on a small scale, the reason for which is not apparent. |
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