Definition of fatality in English:

fatality

nounPlural fatalities fəˈtalɪtifeɪˈtalɪti

1An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.
80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities occur in built-up areas
Example sentencesExamples
- In contrast, road accident fatalities only occur because of an unexpected event.
- Apart from the two fatalities, there have been two serious injury accidents and four minor collisions.
- The death is the latest in a string of workplace fatalities in New Zealand.
- About three dozen boating fatalities per year involve waterfowl hunters.
- I can barely think of any main road in our city which is not blighted by accidents and fatalities.
- Still, I have some issues with the way the book glamourises a way of life and a professional culture that led to so many fatalities.
- I have been looking at the accident statistics and have found out that many of the fatalities have nothing to do with speed.
- As this natural weather phenomenon becomes more violent, more and more fatalities will occur.
- The stretch of road where the accident happened has been the scene of other fatalities over recent years.
- Machinery is still the main cause of serious injuries and fatalities on farms.
- The hill has been the scene of several serious accidents in recent months, including a number of fatalities.
- Future fatalities and accidents can be avoided, so when can the improvement work start?
- Nineteen percent of USA road fatalities occur on low-volume roads.
- He also notes that in the last 10 years, most avalanche fatalities have involved skiers.
- Conversely, only 5 percent of the fatalities resulted from accidents that occurred at cruising altitudes.
- In the last five years, however, that average has jumped to 28 avalanche fatalities per year.
- Many fatalities occurred as a result of mudslides in deforested areas.
- Speaking of fatalities caused by friendly fire, she said questions are always raised about how they could be avoided.
Synonyms
death, casualty, mortality, victim, loss, dead person
(fatalities) dead
fatal accident, tragedy, disaster, catastrophe, calamity
2mass noun Helplessness in the face of fate.
a sense of fatality gripped her
Example sentencesExamples
- There's a certain sense of fatality to it and there's no hope for you.
- His literary instrument hacks deep into the malignancy eating away at our society, but still the tumour continues to grow, feeding on pessimism, fatality and dark, dark satire.
- They address matters of fate, fatality and finality with yet more weight and wit.
- Though this promise reeks of fatality and adolescent naïveté, it also seems more than reasonable considering the realm these young women inhabit.
- Here-like the other sites-there was a sense of fatality about the redundancies that had occurred.

Origin

Late 15th century (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French fatalité or late Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis 'decreed by fate', from fatum (see fate). sense 1 dates from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

banality, duality, finality, ideality, legality, locality, modality, morality, natality, orality, reality, regality, rurality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality

Definition of fatality in US English:

fatality

noun

1An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.
shooting was heard and there were fatalities
Example sentencesExamples
- Still, I have some issues with the way the book glamourises a way of life and a professional culture that led to so many fatalities.
- Nineteen percent of USA road fatalities occur on low-volume roads.
- Machinery is still the main cause of serious injuries and fatalities on farms.
- I have been looking at the accident statistics and have found out that many of the fatalities have nothing to do with speed.
- In contrast, road accident fatalities only occur because of an unexpected event.
- He also notes that in the last 10 years, most avalanche fatalities have involved skiers.
- Future fatalities and accidents can be avoided, so when can the improvement work start?
- Conversely, only 5 percent of the fatalities resulted from accidents that occurred at cruising altitudes.
- I can barely think of any main road in our city which is not blighted by accidents and fatalities.
- The death is the latest in a string of workplace fatalities in New Zealand.
- In the last five years, however, that average has jumped to 28 avalanche fatalities per year.
- As this natural weather phenomenon becomes more violent, more and more fatalities will occur.
- About three dozen boating fatalities per year involve waterfowl hunters.
- The hill has been the scene of several serious accidents in recent months, including a number of fatalities.
- Many fatalities occurred as a result of mudslides in deforested areas.
- The stretch of road where the accident happened has been the scene of other fatalities over recent years.
- Speaking of fatalities caused by friendly fire, she said questions are always raised about how they could be avoided.
- Apart from the two fatalities, there have been two serious injury accidents and four minor collisions.
Synonyms
death, casualty, mortality, victim, loss, dead person
fatal accident, tragedy, disaster, catastrophe, calamity
1. 1.1 A person killed by accident, war, or disease.
  news reports said one of the fatalities was an eight-year-old boy
  Example sentencesExamples
  So far this year, according to the International Shark Attack file, there have been 18 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, resulting in one fatality.
  Over the past two years, at least 100 construction workers have been killed nationally - an average of one fatality every week.
  The outbreak, which caused its first fatality last November, has been kept very hush hush by the Chinese.
  The £170,000 project is a response to 64 accidents on the estates in the past five years, resulting in one fatality and 10 serious injuries.
  The cause of Friday's fatality, which brought to nineteen the number of people killed during construction projects this year, is currently being investigated by the Health and Safety Authority.
  With a fatality rate similar to that of SARS it could easily kill one percent of the total population.
  Last year, seven of the 14 fatalities on farms were also over the same age.
  ‘We've only had one fatality in three months,’ he said.
  That's about 1 fatality per 15 trillion km traveled.
  Why do the police not even keep statistics on the number of traffic accident fatalities who were not wearing seatbelts?
  There are no reliable casualty figures and no reports on the number of civilian fatalities.
  There has been one fatality, two people seriously injured and three walking wounded.
  A 40-year-old truck driver has become the country's latest road fatality.
  But unless something's done soon there will be another fatality.
  It's the highest level of Ecstasy in any fatality ever recorded.
  Kyra, we can tell you there is now one confirmed fatality, a body that has been found at the house.
  ‘Overall there's generally a downward trend but our view is that one fatality is one too many,’ said the inspector.
  There are more risks at this time and sadly we have already seen one fatality.
  Judo choking techniques have been used in Judo classes and at thousands of Judo tournaments all over the world for more than 100 years without one reported fatality.
  ‘They are drinking to excess - it is only a matter of time before there is the possibility of another fatality,’ he said.
2Helplessness in the face of fate.
the plot needs a darker sense of fatality to cover its absurdities
Example sentencesExamples
- Though this promise reeks of fatality and adolescent naïveté, it also seems more than reasonable considering the realm these young women inhabit.
- His literary instrument hacks deep into the malignancy eating away at our society, but still the tumour continues to grow, feeding on pessimism, fatality and dark, dark satire.
- Here-like the other sites-there was a sense of fatality about the redundancies that had occurred.
- They address matters of fate, fatality and finality with yet more weight and wit.
- There's a certain sense of fatality to it and there's no hope for you.

Origin

Late 15th century (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French fatalité or late Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis ‘decreed by fate’, from fatum (see fate). fatality (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century.

单词	fatality
释义	Definition of fatality in English: fatality nounPlural fatalities fəˈtalɪtifeɪˈtalɪti 1An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease. 80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities occur in built-up areas Example sentencesExamples In contrast, road accident fatalities only occur because of an unexpected event. Apart from the two fatalities, there have been two serious injury accidents and four minor collisions. The death is the latest in a string of workplace fatalities in New Zealand. About three dozen boating fatalities per year involve waterfowl hunters. I can barely think of any main road in our city which is not blighted by accidents and fatalities. Still, I have some issues with the way the book glamourises a way of life and a professional culture that led to so many fatalities. I have been looking at the accident statistics and have found out that many of the fatalities have nothing to do with speed. As this natural weather phenomenon becomes more violent, more and more fatalities will occur. The stretch of road where the accident happened has been the scene of other fatalities over recent years. Machinery is still the main cause of serious injuries and fatalities on farms. The hill has been the scene of several serious accidents in recent months, including a number of fatalities. Future fatalities and accidents can be avoided, so when can the improvement work start? Nineteen percent of USA road fatalities occur on low-volume roads. He also notes that in the last 10 years, most avalanche fatalities have involved skiers. Conversely, only 5 percent of the fatalities resulted from accidents that occurred at cruising altitudes. In the last five years, however, that average has jumped to 28 avalanche fatalities per year. Many fatalities occurred as a result of mudslides in deforested areas. Speaking of fatalities caused by friendly fire, she said questions are always raised about how they could be avoided. Synonyms death, casualty, mortality, victim, loss, dead person (fatalities) dead fatal accident, tragedy, disaster, catastrophe, calamity 2mass noun Helplessness in the face of fate. a sense of fatality gripped her Example sentencesExamples There's a certain sense of fatality to it and there's no hope for you. His literary instrument hacks deep into the malignancy eating away at our society, but still the tumour continues to grow, feeding on pessimism, fatality and dark, dark satire. They address matters of fate, fatality and finality with yet more weight and wit. Though this promise reeks of fatality and adolescent naïveté, it also seems more than reasonable considering the realm these young women inhabit. Here-like the other sites-there was a sense of fatality about the redundancies that had occurred. Origin Late 15th century (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French fatalité or late Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis 'decreed by fate', from fatum (see fate). sense 1 dates from the mid 19th century. Rhymes banality, duality, finality, ideality, legality, locality, modality, morality, natality, orality, reality, regality, rurality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality Definition of fatality in US English: fatality noun 1An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease. shooting was heard and there were fatalities Example sentencesExamples Still, I have some issues with the way the book glamourises a way of life and a professional culture that led to so many fatalities. Nineteen percent of USA road fatalities occur on low-volume roads. Machinery is still the main cause of serious injuries and fatalities on farms. I have been looking at the accident statistics and have found out that many of the fatalities have nothing to do with speed. In contrast, road accident fatalities only occur because of an unexpected event. He also notes that in the last 10 years, most avalanche fatalities have involved skiers. Future fatalities and accidents can be avoided, so when can the improvement work start? Conversely, only 5 percent of the fatalities resulted from accidents that occurred at cruising altitudes. I can barely think of any main road in our city which is not blighted by accidents and fatalities. The death is the latest in a string of workplace fatalities in New Zealand. In the last five years, however, that average has jumped to 28 avalanche fatalities per year. As this natural weather phenomenon becomes more violent, more and more fatalities will occur. About three dozen boating fatalities per year involve waterfowl hunters. The hill has been the scene of several serious accidents in recent months, including a number of fatalities. Many fatalities occurred as a result of mudslides in deforested areas. The stretch of road where the accident happened has been the scene of other fatalities over recent years. Speaking of fatalities caused by friendly fire, she said questions are always raised about how they could be avoided. Apart from the two fatalities, there have been two serious injury accidents and four minor collisions. Synonyms death, casualty, mortality, victim, loss, dead person fatal accident, tragedy, disaster, catastrophe, calamity 1.1 A person killed by accident, war, or disease. news reports said one of the fatalities was an eight-year-old boy Example sentencesExamples So far this year, according to the International Shark Attack file, there have been 18 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, resulting in one fatality. Over the past two years, at least 100 construction workers have been killed nationally - an average of one fatality every week. The outbreak, which caused its first fatality last November, has been kept very hush hush by the Chinese. The £170,000 project is a response to 64 accidents on the estates in the past five years, resulting in one fatality and 10 serious injuries. The cause of Friday's fatality, which brought to nineteen the number of people killed during construction projects this year, is currently being investigated by the Health and Safety Authority. With a fatality rate similar to that of SARS it could easily kill one percent of the total population. Last year, seven of the 14 fatalities on farms were also over the same age. ‘We've only had one fatality in three months,’ he said. That's about 1 fatality per 15 trillion km traveled. Why do the police not even keep statistics on the number of traffic accident fatalities who were not wearing seatbelts? There are no reliable casualty figures and no reports on the number of civilian fatalities. There has been one fatality, two people seriously injured and three walking wounded. A 40-year-old truck driver has become the country's latest road fatality. But unless something's done soon there will be another fatality. It's the highest level of Ecstasy in any fatality ever recorded. Kyra, we can tell you there is now one confirmed fatality, a body that has been found at the house. ‘Overall there's generally a downward trend but our view is that one fatality is one too many,’ said the inspector. There are more risks at this time and sadly we have already seen one fatality. Judo choking techniques have been used in Judo classes and at thousands of Judo tournaments all over the world for more than 100 years without one reported fatality. ‘They are drinking to excess - it is only a matter of time before there is the possibility of another fatality,’ he said. 2Helplessness in the face of fate. the plot needs a darker sense of fatality to cover its absurdities Example sentencesExamples Though this promise reeks of fatality and adolescent naïveté, it also seems more than reasonable considering the realm these young women inhabit. His literary instrument hacks deep into the malignancy eating away at our society, but still the tumour continues to grow, feeding on pessimism, fatality and dark, dark satire. Here-like the other sites-there was a sense of fatality about the redundancies that had occurred. They address matters of fate, fatality and finality with yet more weight and wit. There's a certain sense of fatality to it and there's no hope for you. Origin Late 15th century (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French fatalité or late Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis ‘decreed by fate’, from fatum (see fate). fatality (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century.
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