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# fatality

«fatality» in Mova's school dictionary: **a death caused by an accident, war, disaster or violence** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a fatality, fatalities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fatality is a death caused by an accident, war, disaster or violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#m1)

2) (formal) Fatality is the quality of causing death: «the fatality of the disease». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#m2)

3) A fatality can also mean a strange, unlucky chance that seems to be meant to happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the news and safety lessons it is used to count deaths: «There were no fatalities in the crash». It is a serious, formal word used in reports. In geography it comes with earthquakes, floods and storms. Phrases: «no fatalities», «road fatalities».

### examples

- Luckily, there were no fatalities in the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x1)
- Wearing seat belts reduces road fatalities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x2)
- The storm caused three fatalities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x3)
- Fatalities from the disease have fallen thanks to vaccines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x4)
- The report gave the number of fatalities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x5)
- The crossing was made safer after a fatality last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x6)
- But here a strange fatality occurred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/#x7)

### note

Countable: a fatality, fatalities (y → ies). Adjective: fatal (causing death). Formal word, used in the news; everyday word: death. A «fatal» mistake in a game or story may just mean a very bad one, not a death.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fatality» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatality/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.