English Explanatory Dictionary

fatality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/feɪˈtælɪti/ [feɪ̯ˈtʰælɪɾi] /fə-/ /fəˈtælətɪ/ /fəˈtælɪtɪ/ /feɪ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fatality.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fatality.wav

Word forms

fatality fatalities

Etymology

From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series.

Synonyms

inevitability banker cert certainty certitude cinch dead cert fatality racing certainty sure thing fair bet good bet safe bet sure bet mortality destiny doom chance destin fate foredoom foreordination fortune kismet lot orlay portion predestination predestiny preordination qadar weird wyrd demise the big sleep death tomb celestial transfer decease decomposition defunction dematerialization dirt nap exit expiration liquidation passing quietus repose sleep of the just sunset crash downfall fall (the) bane (the) end

Derived words

fatality rate nonfatality
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