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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.
