as in victim
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities
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Recent Examples of fatality
The results are thousands of fatalities, millions of doctor visits and billions of dollars in medical costs.
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Achin Bhowmik, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
That included 12 people in Missouri and six in Kansas, although the Kansas Department of Transportation’s data showed seven fatalities.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Hamas has revised its casualty figures from the Gaza war, removing hundreds of names from its official list of war fatalities, and revealing that 72% of those killed were men aged 13 to 55 – a demographic largely composed of combatants.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Motorcycles and cars rate as the least-safe modes of transport, with motorcycles recording 24 times more car accidents per million miles traveled, and cars recording an average of 102 fatalities per day and over 5 million injuries annually.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Achin Bhowmik, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
That included 12 people in Missouri and six in Kansas, although the Kansas Department of Transportation’s data showed seven fatalities.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Hamas has revised its casualty figures from the Gaza war, removing hundreds of names from its official list of war fatalities, and revealing that 72% of those killed were men aged 13 to 55 – a demographic largely composed of combatants.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Motorcycles and cars rate as the least-safe modes of transport, with motorcycles recording 24 times more car accidents per million miles traveled, and cars recording an average of 102 fatalities per day and over 5 million injuries annually.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Fatality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatality. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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