fatality
fatality
Definition
fa·tal·ity (fā tal′ə tē, fə-)
noun pl. -·ties
- 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.
Etymology: Fr fatalité < LL fatalitas < L fatalis, fatal
fatality
Synonyms
fatality
n.
fatality
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- occur: The highest single number of fatalities occurred among those aged about two.
- cause: Drug trials in the US recorded that the drug had caused fatalities in patients taking the drug.
- suffer: Since mid March the US have suffered 123 military fatalities, of which 112 were killed in hostile action.
- reduce: The introduction of these laws is in line with the EU's target to reduce road accident fatalities from 40,000 to 20,000 by 2010.
- prevent: Therefore, the average cost of preventing a fatality in the first year would be in the region of £ 6.5m.
- confirm: There were four devices in total and there are 33 confirmed fatalities.
Adjective modifier
- drink-drive: There were an estimated 590 drink-drive related fatalities in the 12 months compared with 580 in 2003, the Department for Transport announced.
- work-related: The first release, in September 2004, covered work-related fatalities from the 2003 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
- accidental: Any accidental fatality to a member of the workforce is unacceptable.
- pedestrian: NOTE: head injuries are the number one cause of pedestrian fatalities.
- multiple: However, a fine of £ 750,000 was imposed on a company for a number of offenses relating to a multiple fatality.
- civilian: The first civilian fatality was reported to be Hilda Horsley, a 17-year-old tailoress, who was on her way to work.
Modifies a noun
- rate: The fatality rate is just under 1 per 100,000 jumps.
- statistic: Their plight is reflected in the growing fatality statistics, the nearest these ' forgotten ' people ever get to an obituary.
Noun used with modifier
- Workplace: Workplace fatalities in the 16-24 age range occur at a rate of more than one a month.
- motorcyclist: However, 9 % of motorcyclist fatalities are over the drink drive limit.
- workplace: Falls from a height are a major cause of workplace fatalities.
- motorcycle: This year there had already been 7 motorcycle fatalities by the end of May.
- cyclist: Annual cyclist fatalities ranged from 78 to 122 per year during the 1990s.
- passenger: Station Platform Safety Measures In 2002/03 there were 23 passenger fatalities on the national rail network.
fatality Quotes
Il n'y a pas de fatalite¤ exte¤ rieure. Mais il y a une fatalite¤ inte¤ rieure. There is no exterior fatality, onlyan interior one.
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