fatal

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adj.deadly, lethal

adj.critical, very important

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Fairfax County police are searching for a suspect believed to have fled the scene of a fatal shooting in Reston on Wednesday afternoon.

POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSPECT WHO FLED SCENE OF HOMICIDE WEDNESDAY IN RESTONJUSTIN JOUVENALFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POST

We found that fatal crashes were occurring all over the country.

WHAT WE LEARNED FROM TRACKING CYCLING DEATHS FOR A YEARMAURA FOX AND LUKE WHELANJANUARY 29, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE

I was impressed not just with her work as a doctor but her zeal for busting open the paradigm for a cancer that is particularly hard to detect, hard to treat, and therefore often fatal.

HOW TO FIX THE INCENTIVES IN CANCER RESEARCH (EP. 449)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 28, 2021FREAKONOMICS

Roessler’s tenure in Fairfax was marked by the fatal 2013 shooting of John Geer and, more recently, the anger over police practices across the country that was sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

EX-FAIRFAX POLICE CHIEF ROHRER STEPS IN TO TEMPORARILY LEAD DEPARTMENTANTONIO OLIVOJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POST

If you can recognize the sequence, you and a better chance of resisting the impulse to take those next potentially fatal steps.

HOW TO SURVIVE THREE DAYS IN THE WILDBY KEITH MCCAFFERTY/FIELD & STREAMJANUARY 26, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

Yet over the decades, astrophysicists had constantly bumped into what appeared to be a fatal flaw in their neutrino-powered models.

SECRET INGREDIENT FOUND TO POWER SUPERNOVASTHOMAS LEWTONJANUARY 21, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINE

Insecticide-treated bed nets and spraying long-lasting insecticides on indoor surfaces are some of the best ways to prevent the spread of malaria, which can be debilitating or fatal for many.

WE CRUSH, POISON, AND DESTROY INSECTS AT OUR OWN PERIL - ISSUE 95: ESCAPEJOHN HAINZEJANUARY 20, 2021NAUTILUS

It appears to have caused a fatal stroke – one of the things the virus does.

THE LONG GOODBYE: HOW COVID-19 TOOK MY DAD’S LIFERANDY DOTINGAJANUARY 11, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

Here are the potentially fatal flaws for the Browns and Steelers.

BROWNS SHAKE OFF THEIR HISTORY, SECURE FIRST PLAYOFF WIN SINCE 1995ADAM KILGORE, DES BIELERJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

It was not immediately clear how many shots police fired, how many struck Ocran or which officer fired the fatal shot.

POLICE IDENTIFY MAN FATALLY SHOT BY GAITHERSBURG OFFICERSREBECCA TAN, MARTIN WEILJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

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