fatality
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noun \fā-ˈta-lə-tē, fə-\ plural fa·tal·i·ties
Definition of FATALITY
1
a : the quality or state of causing death or destruction b : the quality or condition of being destined for disaster
2
: something established by fate
4
: the agent or agency of fate
5
a : death resulting from a disaster b : one that experiences a fatal outcome
See Examples of FATALITY
- The car crash caused one fatality and several serious injuries.
- <the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities>
Origin of FATALITY
Middle French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitat-, fatalitas, from Latin fatalis
First Known Use: 15th century
Rhymes with FATALITY
anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
fa·tal·i·ty
noun \fā-ˈtal-ət-ē, fə-\ (Medical Dictionary)plural fa·tal·i·ties
Medical Definition of FATALITY
1
: the quality or state of causing death or destruction : deadliness <the degree of fatality of a disease>
2
a : death resulting from a disaster <a car crash causing several fatalities> b : one who suffers such a death <one of the fatalities was a small child>
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