fatality

Universal Words noun (plural fatalities) 1 [C] a death that is caused in an accident or a war or by some other act of violence: Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. * a campaign to reduce the number of fatalities on the roads 2 [U] the fact that a particular disease will result in death: to reduce the fatality of certain types of cancer * Different forms of cancer have different fatality rates. 3 [U] the belief or feeling that we have no control over what happens to us: A sense of fatality gripped her.