as in victim
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities
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Recent Examples of fatality
The Southland has also seen more rattlesnakes, with two recent human fatalities, as the early heat draws more serpents onto hiking trails.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
In 2015, Time magazine reviewed aircraft accidents that involved fatalities and survivors over the previous 35 years.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
But overall, fatalities and injuries have remained minimal and the destruction to civilian infrastructure has been barely noticeable.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Rhode Island saw 10 overdose fatalities involving kratom between 2020 and 2024, according to McGaw's press release, which cited Department of Health data.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
In 2015, Time magazine reviewed aircraft accidents that involved fatalities and survivors over the previous 35 years.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
But overall, fatalities and injuries have remained minimal and the destruction to civilian infrastructure has been barely noticeable.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Rhode Island saw 10 overdose fatalities involving kratom between 2020 and 2024, according to McGaw's press release, which cited Department of Health data.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatality
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Some of the victims had been wearing backpacks equipped with airbags that can help keep people on the surface of an avalanche, but had not pulled the cords to deploy the bags, the report said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Responding officers discovered that the victim suffered from wounds to his head and body and also found a bloody hammer.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Such shootings have ranged from isolated events between service members to mass casualty events, such as the shooting by an Army psychiatrist at Texas' Ford Hood in 2009 that left 13 people dead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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In a cash crunch, streaming subscriptions also tend to be casualties, which only bolsters the value of over-the-air TV when Americans are keeping a tight grip on their checkbooks.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Fatality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatality. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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