Fatality
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Fatality [fey-tal-i-tee]

NOUN

NOUN

  • An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.

  • A disaster resulting in death.

  • The fate of a person or thing.

  • Predetermined liability to disaster.

  • The quality or state of causing destruction.

  • A feeling that human beings cannot influence events.

Example

"The number of fatalities kept increasing as the days passed in Uttarakhand cloud burst."

"The invention of the vaccine has reduced the fatalities by a significant amount."

Synonyms

Accident, Casualty, Disaster, Mortality, Destructiveness, Dying, Inevitability, Lethality, Noxiousness, Deadliness, Prey, Victim

Antonyms

Birth, Beginning, Gainer, Assassin, Killer, Victor, Winner, Murderer