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 | ||