Definitions for FATALITY
feɪˈtæl ɪ ti, fə-fa·tal·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fatality, human deathnoun

   a death resulting from an accident or a disaster

   "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"

2. fatalitynoun

   the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fatalitynoun

   The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

2. fatalitynoun

   The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortality.

3. fatalitynoun

   A death.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fatalitynoun

   Etymology: fatalité, French, from fatal.

   1. Predestination; predetermined order or series of things and events; preordination of inevitable causes acting invincibly in perpetual succession.

   The stoicks held a fatality, and a fixed unalterable course of events; but then they held also, that they fell out by a necessity emergent from and inherent in the things themselves, which God himself could not alter. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. Decree of fate.

   By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting to be drawn into the stream of the present vogue. Charles I .

   All the father’s precaution could not secure the son from the fatality of dying by a lion. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   3. Tendency to danger; tendency to some great or hazardous event.

   Seven times seven, or forty-nine, nine times nine, or eighty-one, and seven times nine, or the years sixty-three, is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. Bro.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fatalitynoun

   the state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control

2. Fatalitynoun

   the state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility

3. Fatalitynoun

   that which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event

4. Etymology: [L. fatalitas: cf. F. fatalit]

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1. Fatality

   Fatality is a fictional character, a former supervillain in the DC Comics universe. She was created by Ron Marz and first appeared in Green Lantern vol 3 #83 in February 1997.

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1. fatality

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How to pronounce FATALITY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FATALITY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FATALITY in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FATALITY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of FATALITY in a Sentence

1. David Fisman:

   As the denominator is growing in terms of case numbers, and case fatality goes down and down... you start to realize it's everywhere.

2. Richard Hatchett:

   There is an urgent need for accelerated research and development for the Nipah virus, not only is the case fatality rate for this disease high ... there is a serious risk (it) could become a threat to global health security.

3. Hiroshi Osada:

   Japan needs to consider preventative measures and take proactive action to investigate problems, if Japan is serious about improving the management and quality of Japanese firms, the related agencies have to be more committed to prevent accidents even before there's been a fatality. That should be their role.

4. Bill Barnes:

   I would say we began looking for a surge facility such as this well over a month ago, we had an eye on some percentages and if we were even looking at a 2 % fatality rate that would create some very large numbers in this county of 5.5 million people. We knew we had to jump on it fast.

5. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez:

   Sadly, we mourn another fatality in Orihuela.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FATALITY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fatality
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FATALITY
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FATALITY
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FATALITY