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fatality
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fa·tal·i·ty  (f-tl-t, f-)
n. 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.

fatality [fəˈtælɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. an accident or disaster resulting in death
2. a person killed in an accident or disaster
3. the power of causing death or disaster; deadliness
4. the quality or condition of being fated
5. something caused or dictated by fate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fatalityfatality - a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"
death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
killing, violent death - an event that causes someone to die
fatal accident, casualty - an accident that causes someone to die
2.fatality - the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
deadliness, lethality - the quality of being deadly

fatality
noun casualty, death, loss, victim the first fatality since the ceasefire began
Translations
fatality [fəˈtælɪtɪ] N
1. (= death) → muerte f
2. (= victim) → muerto/a m/f, víctima f
luckily there were no fatalitiespor fortuna no hubo víctimas
fatality [fəˈtælɪti] n (= death) (caused by accident or violence)décès m (= victim) → victime f
fatality
n
Todesfall m; (in accident, war etc) → (Todes)opfer nt; there were no fatalitieses gab keine Todesopfer
(liter: = inevitability) → Unabwendbarkeit f
fatality [fəˈtælɪtɪ] n (death) → incidente m mortale; (person killed) → morto/a, vittima
fatality [fəˈtælɪtɪ] n (death) → incidente m mortale; (person killed) → morto/a, vittima


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