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 roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas. Alice Vernon september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025 Damien Iehlen, 53, was thought to be the first fatality in October 2008, according to the BBC. Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The Associated Press reported that in addition to the 10 fatalities, more than 40 others were injured. Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 The Glass Fire has been more destructive than the Zogg Fire, which has damaged or destroyed 180 structures and torched 56,000 acres, though there have yet to be an injuries or fatalities reported in the Glass Fire. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fatality
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Noun
  • The victims said the thief stole close to $60,000 in cash and dozens of checks that were inside the box.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the victim as Daniella Weisman from Glencoe, a spokesperson confirms to PEOPLE.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • A number of foreign nationals are also among the casualties and injured, local officials said.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Russia needs men, and North Korea is possibly the only country that can afford in a political sense to send its own people to fight in a war that has been marked by an enormously high casualty rate on the Russian side.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Fatality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatality. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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