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fatality
[fey-tal-i-tee, fuh-]
noun
plural
fatalitiesa disaster resulting in death.
a death resulting from such an occurrence.
a rise in highway fatalities.
the quality of causing death or disaster; a fatal influence; deadliness.
predetermined liability to disaster, misfortune, etc..
a fatality for saying the wrong thing.
the quality of being predetermined by or subject to fate.
There is a fatality in human affairs that leads to destruction.
the fate or destiny of a person or thing.
Death is the ultimate fatality of all human beings.
a fixed, unalterably predetermined course of things; inevitability.
to resign oneself to the fatality of life.
fatality
/ fəˈtælɪtɪ /
noun
an accident or disaster resulting in death
a person killed in an accident or disaster
the power of causing death or disaster; deadliness
the quality or condition of being fated
something caused or dictated by fate
Other Word Forms
- nonfatality noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The death was just one of dozens of recorded fatalities linked to Ibogaine globally.
The inordinately high number of fatalities at the Hyundai property is an indication of a lax safety culture, said Ahmed Al-Bayati, founding director of the Construction Safety Research Center at Lawrence Technological University, in Michigan.
"There are fatalities. I don't want to put a number to that... I can tell you right now we are looking for 19 individuals."
Just as success appears within reach to end fatalities from HIV/AIDS worldwide, the U.S. — the global leader in that battle — seems to be in retreat.
Auto fatalities have increased over the last decade even as cars have become safer and alcohol consumption has fallen.
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