Dire
Dire adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Fatal
Fatal adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Dire and fatal are semantically related in disastrous topic. Sometimes you can use "Dire" instead an adjective "Fatal".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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They genuinely believe they're doing the right thing for Kate and the doctor in particular seems to actually care, despite the fact that what they're doing is immoral, illegal, very likely fatal, and might have dire supernatural consequences for the rest of the world.
Source: Film / Holidays -
Welcome to a world of big missiles, embarrassing (sometimes fatal) incidents, political intrigue and Dire "Badgers".
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Non-Fatal Explosions: Several explosions take place without dire consequences.
Source: Film / Hellzapoppin'
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