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Word: Fatality
Speech Type: Noun
late 15th century (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French fatalité or late Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis ‘decreed by fate’, from fatum (see fate). fatality (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century
fəˈtalɪti
feɪˈtalɪti
an occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease
Short Definition:occurrence of death by accident, in war
Examples:- 80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities occur in built-up areas
helplessness in the face of fate
Short Definition:helplessness in face of fate
Examples:- a sense of fatality gripped her
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