The phrase "fatal fail" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used in a figurative sense to describe a serious and devastating mistake or failure. Example: The company's decision to cut corners on safety protocols proved to be a fatal fail, resulting in numerous injuries and lawsuits.
The story of Scott's fatal, failed attempt to reach the South Pole was a best seller; the Norwegian Roald Amundsen's chronicle of his successful attainment of the pole is seldom read.
Officers from the Roads and Transport Policing Command are appealing for witnesses to the fatal fail-to-stop traffic collision that took place at 7pm yesterday between junctions 24 and 25 of the M25.
Certainly prisoners have made fatal or failed escapes, and a number of people, including priests during the Spanish Civil War, have met their forced deaths by way of gravity.
A promising but expensive device to prop open blocked arteries in the brain in the hope of preventing disabling or fatal strokes failed in a rigorous study, researchers reported on Wednesday.
But if a fatal accident can fail to be tragic, if it does not move bystanders sufficiently, perhaps a football match can be a true piece of tragic theatre that subjects its spectators to the deepest, darkest emotions and thoughts.
A stark dichotomy is seen among NB cases, with some forms undergoing spontaneous regression and showing a strong response to treatment whereas others progress to fatal metastasis and fail modern therapy (Maris, 2010).
Burrell had alleged in his book that the Queen warned him of "powerful forces" at work in a meeting weeks before the fatal crash, but failed to give details of this when he testified, saying only that "she showed great concern" about Diana and Dodi's relationship.
Two Republican fatal flaws -- failed European-style economic policies and failed Soviet-style defense spending -- harm the economic and military security of the nation.
Despite the importance of PEP treatment following potential exposure to rabies, in many fatal cases patients failed to obtain this treatment.
The federal agency that oversees railroad safety says it is instituting new procedures to identify railroads that fail to report fatal grade-crossing accidents promptly, as required by federal regulations.
A16 New Rules for Rail Safety The federal agency that oversees railroad safety says it is instituting new procedures to identify railroads that fail to report fatal grade-crossing accidents promptly.
