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English noun: fatality

1. fatality (event) a death resulting from an accident or a disaster


SamplesA decrease in the number of automobile fatalities.


Synonymshuman 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









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