fatality


Definition: Meaning of, fatality in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fəˈtalɪti;feɪˈtalɪti /

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fatality fatalities
  1. [countable] a death in an accident or a violent attack
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  2. [uncountable] formal the fact that a disease is certain to cause death
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  3. [uncountable] formal the feeling that you cannot control what happens to you
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fatality used in phrases

  • case-fatality proportion (noun)
    1. the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease; usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases
  • fatality rate (noun)
    1. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
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