Meaning

7 senses
  1. The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

  2. Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.

  3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

  4. Death.

    a death resulting from an accident or a disaster

  5. An accident that causes death.

  6. A person killed.

  7. A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. There were half a dozen fatalities.

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  2. There were no fatalities.

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  3. Fatalities are extremely rare.

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  4. L'amour, it causes many fatalities, does it not?

    ruЛюбовь — причина многих смертей, не так ли?

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  5. Reckless driving is the cause of many fatalities.

    ruНеосторожное вождение — причина многих жертв.

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Origin

From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularize

From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series.

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Forms

plural: fatalities
Singularfatality
Pluralfatalities

regular

Synonyms

58 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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