Definition of "fatally" []

• So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. (adverb)
• So as to result in disaster or ruin. (adverb)
• According to the decree of fate; inevitably. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Zwelithini, have so far rejected the elections, saying they refuse to legitimise what they call a fatally flawed constitution that does not grant their region sufficient independence."
• "Her history is what Rove was talking about when he called her fatally flawed."
• "Even supposing that I have the most "modern" (that is, merely the latest) criticism to hand, and even supposing that by some omniscience of mine I can tell which is "the best" (that is, which part of it has really proved most ample, most painstaking, most general, and most sincere), even then the phrase fatally condemns me."