fatality
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5.7
- noun
- /fəˈtælɪti/
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muerte
- Authorities confirmed that the car accident resulted in one fatality last night.
- traffic fatalities
- number of fatalities
- vehicle fatalities
This conflict is responsible for the greatest number of both Palestinian and Israeli fatalities in decades, and the events are ongoing.
- This conflict is responsible for the greatest number of both Palestinian and Israeli fatalities in decades, and the events are ongoing.
- Do you think it's possible to create a metric, a number that, that could demonstrate safety outside of fatalities?
- Yeah, I think this was like the third tiger shark fatality in like the last two years off of this same beach in Egypt.
- So the lucky thing there is the fatality rate is low.
- But you still heard about fatalities in kids happen.
- As with previous Ebola outbreaks, the number of cases again the fatality rate is high.
Examples
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You had six fatalities on board your aircraft.
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We saw a couple of fatalities.
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We had another fatality down at the factory.
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Ooh, and it looks like there might be a fatality.
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Since 1962, there has been one fatality, that says it all to me.
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And, you know, this was the largest fatality since the Blitz.
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That will greatly reduce all of the traffic fatalities we have with obvious costs to efficiency in the banking system.
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This conflict is responsible for the greatest number of both Palestinian and Israeli fatalities in decades, and the events are ongoing.
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Florida has a particularly high rate of bicycle-related fatalities and injuries.
Academic text (2012) -
In Alabama, these tornadoes resulted in more than 200 fatalities, 2,000 injuries, and $4.2 billion in property damage.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.3
An act that causes a person or animal to stop living
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3.5
Deaths of people caused by accidents, disasters, or violence
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4.6
A death caused by an accident or other event
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The part of people who have a disease and die from it, often shown as a percent
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fatality comes from the Latin word fatum, which means 'fate' (what will happen). So a fatality is a death that feels final or 'decided by fate', which is why we use it for a death in an accident, disaster, or violence.