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fatality
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fatality
(noun)
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fatality
/feɪ
ˈ
tæləti/
noun
plural
fatalities
fatality
/feɪ
ˈ
tæləti/
noun
plural
fatalities
Learner's definition of FATALITY
1
[
count
]
:
a death that results from a disaster, accident, etc.
The car crash caused one
fatality
and several serious injuries.
war
fatalities
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2
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noncount
]
:
a tendency to result in death
a disease with a high
fatality rate
[=a disease that frequently causes death]
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