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Noun: fatality  fey'ta-li-tee or fu'ta-lu-tee
  1. A death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities";
    - human death
     
  2. The quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
    "The fatality of the disease was a major concern for health officials"

Derived forms: fatalities

Type of: deadliness, death, decease, expiry, lethality

Encyclopedia: Fatality