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
As fireworks were set off in the region through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, several fires dotted the Bay Area into Friday night, though officials reported no fatalities and no life-threatening injuries.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
Texas authorities provided a general overview of the disaster in the state on Saturday evening, reporting a rise in the death toll to at least 50 fatalities, including 15 children.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 July 2025
While no injuries, hospitalizations, or fatalities have been reported to date, health officials are urging consumers who purchased any of the affected products to safely dispose of the supplements or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 4 July 2025
The pedestrian’s death is the 42nd traffic fatality for the city this year.
—Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
Texas authorities provided a general overview of the disaster in the state on Saturday evening, reporting a rise in the death toll to at least 50 fatalities, including 15 children.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 July 2025
While no injuries, hospitalizations, or fatalities have been reported to date, health officials are urging consumers who purchased any of the affected products to safely dispose of the supplements or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 4 July 2025
The pedestrian’s death is the 42nd traffic fatality for the city this year.
—Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatality
Noun
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The store brand juggernaut triggered by pandemic-era inflation and economic uncertainty has passed a tipping point with consumers and may have claimed its first national brand victim.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The same region of Texas Hill Country where a flash flood on July 4 killed more than 130 people was hit again with downpours a week later, forcing searchers to temporarily pause their efforts to find missing victims.—
Jeremy Porter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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Watson, 46, who as deputy criminal chief was serving in one of the office’s senior positions, became another casualty in President Donald Trump’s mission to purge anyone found to have worked in some way for special counsel Jack Smith.—
Jay Weaver
July 14,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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The Battle of the Somme ground on for another four months, at the cost of more than a million British, French, and German casualties.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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“Fatality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatality. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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