fatality

(fā talə tē, fə-)

noun pl. fatalities

  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.

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

See fatality in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fa·tal·i·ties
  1. a. A death resulting from an accident or a disaster: highway fatalities.
    b. One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence: The driver was one of the fatalities.
  2. The ability to cause death or disaster.
  3. The quality of being determined by fate.
  4. A decree made by fate; destiny.
  5. The quality of being doomed to disaster.

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