EGAVE

fatality

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.
  3. noun That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
  4. noun Death.
  5. noun An accident that causes death.
  6. noun A person killed.
  7. noun A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.

Similar words

human death destiny fate fatal fatalism incident passing accident casualty disaster

Often followed by

rate of rates in which and that is was

Word family

fatalities

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