Word of the Day
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fatality
fatality
/fə ˈtæ lə ti/
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a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
fatality meaning(s)
- (n) a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
- (n) the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
fatality usage(s)
- Her name was Adela Maria Gutierrez and she was 39 when she died, the first known fatality from the virus that swept through Mexico and into the rest of the world.
- A fatality rate of 58% has been reported among newborn infants treated for pneumonia or diarrhea.
- fatality rate fatality rate the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed…
- fatally fatally /ˈfeɪ tə li/ ? with fatal consequences or implications
- fatback fatback salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
- fate fate /ˈfeɪt/ ? an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- fated fated /ˈfeɪ tɪd/ ? (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
- fateful fateful /ˈfeɪt fəl/ ? (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing…
- fatefully fatefully in a prophetically fateful manner
- fathead fathead /ˈfæt hɛd/ ? a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- fatheaded fatheaded (used informally) stupid
- father father /ˈfɑ ðər/ ? a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- father brown father brown a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
- father christmas father christmas the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is…
- father figure father figure a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
- father of radio father of radio United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode…
- father of the church father of the church (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from…
- father of the submarine father of the submarine American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled…
- father surrogate father surrogate a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
- father's day father's day US: third Sunday in June
- father-figure father-figure a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually…
- father-god father-god God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- father-in-law father-in-law the father of your spouse
- fatherhood fatherhood /ˈfɑ ðər ˌhʊd/ ? the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
- fatherland fatherland /ˈfɑ ðər ˌlænd/ ? the country where you were born