fatality
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ɪ noun, plural fa·tal·i·ties.
1.
a disaster resulting in death.
2.
a death resulting from such an occurrence: a rise in highway fatalities.
3.
the quality of causing death or disaster; a fatal influence; deadliness.
4.
predetermined liability to disaster, misfortune, etc.: a fatality for saying the wrong thing.
5.
the quality of being predetermined by or subject to fate: There is a fatality in human affairs that leads to destruction.
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | an accident or disaster resulting in death |
| 2. | a person killed in an accident or disaster |
| 3. | the power of causing death or disaster; deadliness |
| 4. | the quality or condition of being fated |
| 5. | something caused or dictated by fate |
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Word Origin & History
fatality
late 15c., "quality of causing death," from Fr. fatalité, from L.L. fatalitatem, from 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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Medical Dictionary
fatality fa·tal·i·ty (fā-tāl'ĭ-tē, fə-)
n.
A death resulting from an accident or a disaster.
One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence.
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Example sentences
But because a large proportion of the population would be vulnerable, even a low fatality rate could mean millions of deaths.
Whenever a shark-caused human fatality occurs, it makes headline news.
Or getting on airplanes with a high crash and fatality rate.
The only sign of life began: danger-bear-caused fatality.
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