fatally
- in a manner leading to death or disaster: He was injured fatally in the accident.
- by a decree of fate or destiny; by inevitable predetermination.
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Contemporary Examples of fatally
A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
This is not because of bad leaders, or polarized politics, but because of a governing structure that is fatally flawed.
Cops launched a flash grenade through the window and officer Joseph Weekley fired, fatally striking Stanley-Jones.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little GirlsEmily Shire
December 4, 2014
Aiyana Stanley-Jones was not even confronting police officers when she was fatally shot the night of May 16, 2010.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little GirlsEmily Shire
December 4, 2014
Sadly, Dell was killed five weeks after performing this stunt, fatally injured in a different performance.
Historical Examples of fatally
Yet he knew that he was not fatally injured if he could stop that mortal drain of his wounds.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
When they disagree they do so fatally, with fire-arms in their hands, and on the public streets.
American NotesRudyard Kipling
If examination once began it must go on, and must, fatally, conduct to doubt.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
But it is fatally wanting in the elements of tenderness, beauty, and sympathy.
Diderot and the EncyclopdistsJohn Morley
But it was only for the moment—and it went down steadily, rapidly, fatally.
Four Years in Rebel CapitalsT. C. DeLeon
fatally
- resulting in death or disasterfatally wounded in battle
- as decreed by fate; inevitably