fatality
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/feɪˈtæləti/
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/fəˈtæləti/
noun
R
a death caused by accident, war, violence, or disease
The car crash caused multiple fatalities.
R
how often a disease causes death
The disease has a high fatality rate.
R
the feeling that you cannot control what happens
She felt a sense of fatality about the future.
translation
a death caused by accident, war, violence, or disease; how often a disease causes death; the feeling that you cannot control what happens
Word Forms
Plural
fatalities