fatality [fey-tal -i-tee, fuh -]
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See more synonyms for fatality on Thesaurus.com noun, plural fa·tal·i·ties. a 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. Show More
Origin of fatality From the
Late Latin word
fātālitās, dating back to
1480–90. See
fatal ,
-ity Related forms non·fa·tal·i·ty , noun, plural non·fa·tal·i·ties. Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for fatality accident ,
mortality ,
casualty ,
disaster ,
dying ,
deadliness ,
virulence ,
lethality ,
inevitability ,
necrosis ,
destructiveness ,
lethalness Examples from the Web for fatality Contemporary Examples of fatality A 26-year-old man was the first fatality of the riots, found shot in his car.
Keep in mind, what they've been exposed to is 0.1 rem, and about 50 percent fatality is on the order of 400 rem.
The chances of you being on a flight with at least one fatality are 10 times greater in the loser bucket.
Historical Examples of fatality What a fatality , that you have no better an option—either a Scylla or a Charybdis.
But if Ruffo were there, if Artois came, it would be fatality .
By what fatality was it that a man always chose the worst road?
It is a fatality rather than a triumph to have undergone such a change.
The Rita that haunted me had no history; she was but the principle of life charged with fatality .
British Dictionary definitions for fatality 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 Show More
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Word Origin and History for fatality n. late 15c., "quality of causing death," from French fatalité , from Late Latin fatalitatem (nominative fatalitas ), from Latin fatalis (see fatal ). Senses in 16c.-17c. included "determined by fate" and "a destiny." Meaning "an occurrence resulting in widespread death" is from 1840. Related: Fatalities .
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
fatality [fā-tăl′ ĭ-tē, fə-]
A death resulting from an accident or disaster. One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence. Show More
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