fatality
noun pl. fatalities
- fate or necessity; subjection to fate
- something caused by fate
- a strong likelihood of ending in disaster
- a fatal quality; deadly effect; deadliness: the fatality of any specified disease
- a death caused by a disaster, as in an accident, war, etc.
See fatality in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fā-tălˈĭ-tē, fə-)
noun pl. fa·tal·i·ties 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.
- The ability to cause death or disaster.
- The quality of being determined by fate.
- A decree made by fate; destiny.
- The quality of being doomed to disaster.
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