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
Ford spokesman Mike Levine said the automaker is aware of one injury related to the recalls this year and two fatalities when a Ford vehicle stalled and a motorcycle crashed into it.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
Watkins said the state averages between two and five bike/e-bike fatalities per year.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025
The names of the other fatalities had not been disclosed at time of pubication.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The catastrophic flooding claimed at least 137 lives across Texas, with 108 fatalities reported in Kerr County alone.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
Watkins said the state averages between two and five bike/e-bike fatalities per year.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025
The names of the other fatalities had not been disclosed at time of pubication.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The catastrophic flooding claimed at least 137 lives across Texas, with 108 fatalities reported in Kerr County alone.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatality
Noun
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Democratic members of Congress have objected to the wave of settler violence, arguing that U.S. citizens are falling victim.—
Noah Robertson The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
26 July 2025
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Councilwoman Tammy Hawkins drew parallels to other high-profile cases, suggesting the victim, Latasha White, deserves the same level of respect and investigation as Crystal Rogers and Breonna Taylor.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
Noun
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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 6 Aug. 2025.
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