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Meanings of fatality in English

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Permanent cessation of vital functions.

Portuguese
fatalidade
Catalan
fatalitat

A death resulting from an accident or a disaster.

fatalidade
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Examples for "human death"
Examples for "human death"
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China's most recent reported human death from bird flu was in March.
Reuters
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Indonesia has by far the highest human death toll from the disease.
Reuters
3
Dec 15 - Pakistan records its first human death from bird flu.
Reuters
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The last human death -the country's 17th -occurred in August.
Reuters
5
The verdict is the first to legally link a human death to BSE.
The Irish Times

The capacity of an illness or some other condition of being lethal.

Usage of fatality in English
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Case fatality rates were estimated for clinically diagnosed and culture confirmed cases.
Pubmed
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Improving poststroke care may help to reduce stroke case fatality in SSA.
Pubmed
3
The Pacific Daily News reports a 66-year-old man was the latest fatality.
Radio NZ
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We have the highest fatality rate due to accidents of any industry.
The Irish Times
5
The last fatality-free holiday weekend on New Zealand roads was Easter 2012.
Radio NZ
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Earlier estimates had placed the fatality rate at about 2 per cent.
News.com.au
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Bliss was not the first pedestrian traffic fatality ever recorded anywhere, however.
Wired
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KwaZulu-Natal still remains the province with the highest recorded road fatality rate.
The South African
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Crude hospital case fatality rate is of the same magnitude as ebola.
News.com.au
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Standard procedure in a fatality accident, they told him at the scene.
Table for five
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The number of infections was soaring, and with it the fatality rate.
The Irish Times
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As confirmed by several sources, Pete Mihalik is the only fatality reported.
The South African
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People become infected only rarely, but the fatality rate is still high.
Reuters
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It has about a 15 percent fatality rate if treated with antibiotics.
Reuters
15
The language of Madurodam has no words for fatality, destiny, or God.
The ministry of pain
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He was the second fatality involving a motorcycle crash over the weekend.
Radio NZ
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Translations for fatality
Portuguese
fatalidademorte
Fatality through the time
Fatality across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
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