fatalities

Variant of fatality

fatality definition

fa·tal·ity (fā tal′ə tē, fə-)

noun pl. fatalities -·ties

  1. fate or necessity; subjection to fate
  2. something caused by fate
  3. a strong likelihood of ending in disaster
  4. a fatal quality; deadly effect; deadliness the fatality of any specified disease
  5. a death caused by a disaster, as in an accident, war, etc.

Etymology: Fr fatalité < LL fatalitas < L fatalis, fatal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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