Definition of fatality
fatalities
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Examples of fatality in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples of fatality from the Web
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Police said Friday two protesters were killed and 25 police injured but would not comment on the number of fatalities when asked to clarify the death toll Saturday.
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Although all parts of the sago are toxic, the seeds are highly toxic to dogs, and there have been numerous fatalities over the years in our area.
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Of the fatalities, seven occurred during the week and four were on the weekend.
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One passenger was killed and more than 80 others were sickened during the 2015 malfunction, which was the first fatality on the Metro system since a 2009 crash that killed nine people.
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There are occasional fatalities, with the most common cause attributed to drowning, local experts said.
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This final Ebola episode was suppressed in 21 days, with just 10 fatalities.
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There were no fatalities because the IRA phoned in a warning and 75,000 people were evacuated.
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So sad to hear about the fatalities at the @ArianaGrande concert last night.
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Origin and Etymology of fatality
Middle French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitat-, fatalitas, from Latin fatalis
First Known Use: 15th century
FATALITY Defined for English Language Learners
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: a death that results from a disaster, accident, etc.
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: a tendency to result in death
FATALITY Defined for Kids
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: a death resulting from a disaster or accident
Medical Dictionary
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fatalities
1: the quality or state of causing death or destruction : deadliness the degree of fatality of a disease
2a: death resulting from a disaster a car crash causing several fatalitiesb: one who suffers such a death one of the fatalities was a small child
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