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   fatality

   /fəˈtalɪti/

   noun

   • 1. an occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease: "80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities occur in built-up areas" Similar deathcasualtymortalityvictimlossdead persondeadfatal accidenttragedydisastercatastrophecalamity
   • 2. helplessness in the face of fate: "a sense of fatality gripped her"

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French fatalité or late Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis ‘decreed by fate’, from fatum (see fate). fatality (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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