fatality
noun
fa·tal·i·ty
fā-ˈta-lə-tē 
fə-
plural fatalities
Examples of fatality in a Sentence
The car crash caused one fatality and several serious injuries.
the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities
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Too many state officials have not yet learned that lesson.
Correction, November 13, 6 pm ET: An earlier version of this story miscalculated the number of pedestrian fatalities on Roosevelt Boulevard in 2022.
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David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Young Drivers of Canada, the country's largest driving training organization, found the risk of fatalities on the roads on Election Day was 38 percent higher than on Super Bowl Sunday and 80 percent higher than on News Year's Day.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
There have been 439 mass shootings across the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, including 24 mass gun murders, defined as a mass shooting with four or more fatalities.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants but says women and children make up more than half the fatalities.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Young Drivers of Canada, the country's largest driving training organization, found the risk of fatalities on the roads on Election Day was 38 percent higher than on Super Bowl Sunday and 80 percent higher than on News Year's Day.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
There have been 439 mass shootings across the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, including 24 mass gun murders, defined as a mass shooting with four or more fatalities.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants but says women and children make up more than half the fatalities.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Fatality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fatality. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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fatality
noun
fa·tal·i·ty
fā-ˈtal-ət-ē
fə-
plural fatalities
: a death resulting from a disaster or accident
Medical Definition
fatality
noun
fa·tal·i·ty
fā-ˈtal-ət-ē, fə-
plural fatalities
1
: the quality or state of causing death or destruction : deadliness
the degree of fatality of a disease
2
a
: death resulting from a disaster
a car crash causing several fatalities
b
: one who suffers such a death
one of the fatalities was a small child
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