Cruel and Fatal

Cruel

Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

Fatal and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fatal" instead an adjective "Cruel".

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Fatal

Fatal adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

Cruel and fatal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Fatal".

Both words in one sentence

  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Azula herself is subject to a non-fatal but still exceptionally cruel one of these in the finale, by her own father no less.
  • Literature / Ghost Stories Cruel and Unusual Death: the series deals with fatal car crashes.
  • Series / The Hitchhiker After explaining to a mental hospital psychiatrist how he drove a woman named Theresa (whom he thinks is his ex-wife) to suicide with his cruel, harassing pranks, he becomes so overcome with grief that he screams more hysterically than ever and has a fatal heart attack.
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