fateful
adjective
[ ˈfeɪtfʊl ]
• having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications.
• "a fateful oversight"
Similar:
decisive,
determining,
critical,
crucial,
pivotal,
momentous,
important,
of great importance,
all-important,
key,
significant,
far-reaching,
historic,
weighty,
consequential,
of great consequence,
epoch-making,
portentous,
apocalyptic,
earth-shattering,
world-shattering,
earth-shaking,
world-shaking,
disastrous,
ruinous,
calamitous,
cataclysmic,
devastating,
destructive,
tragic,
awful,
terrible,
harmful,
fatal,
deadly,