Baleful
Baleful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: contends that the violent content of so much of popular entertainment is a baleful influence on our society
Fatal
Fatal adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Usage example: I made the fatal mistake of sharing my secret with the office's biggest blabbermouth
Baleful is a synonym for fatal in deadly topic. You can use "Baleful" instead an adjective "Fatal", if it concerns topics such as disastrous, lethal.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Deadly Gas: Isa is able to create flowers known as "Baleful Blossoms" that exert a gas that can be fatal without the magic of the Golden Phoenix amulet neutralizing it.
Source: Videogame / Spirits Of Mystery - Baleful Polymorph: Violet subverts this trope so hard, the consequences ultimately prove fatal for the final Big Bad.
Source: Fanfic / Rise of the Galeforces
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