fatality
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatality in British English:
UK [fəˈtæləti]
How to pronounce fatality in American English:
US [feˈtælɪti, fə-]
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- Noun:
- a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
- the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
Word Origin
- fatality (n.)
- late 15c., "quality of causing death," from French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitatem (nominative fatalitas) "fatal necessity, fatality," from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate; destructive, deadly" (see fatal). Senses in 16c.-17c. included "determined by fate" and "a destiny." Meaning "an occurrence resulting in widespread death" is from 1840. Related: Fatalities.
Example
- 1. The other fatality was a woman in sweden who had recently returned from germany .
- 2. There have been a few recent rappel expeditions , with one fatality in 2006 .
- 3. Japan has had high-speed rail for nearly half a century without a single fatality in a train accident .
- 4. The report also states that the civilian fatality rate has been 32 percent in drone attacks since 2004 .
- 5. The u.s. , with one confirmed death from the virus , has the only confirmed fatality outside of mexico .