English noun: fatality | |||
1. | fatality (event) a death resulting from an accident or a disaster | ||
Samples | A decrease in the number of automobile fatalities. | ||
Synonyms | human death | ||
Broader (hypernym) | death, decease, expiry | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | casualty, fatal accident, killing, violent death | ||
2. | fatality (attribute) the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deadliness, lethality | ||