fatalities

plural of fatality
as in casualties
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 fatalities In addition to the two fatalities, several people were injured that day. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The four are the only fatalities whose identities have been confirmed so far. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 The sport could no longer pretend that fatalities were random acts of God rather than the predictable output of a system not designed carefully enough. — Jessica Vitiritti, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The proper accounting of military fatalities has implications beyond public transparency. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026 The classification covers incidents involving aircraft destruction, fatalities, or qualifying damage exceeding $2 million. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 These three groups of immediate actions are just a first step in what needs to be a long-term, committed effort by the City Council, the mayor, the city clerk and city agencies to address preventable traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities. — Daniel La Spata, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 Florida has most lightning fatalities in nation Florida leads the nation in lightning deaths, according to AccuWeather. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Or how both buildings collapsed, as if in slow-motion, claiming fatalities floor by floor, then block by block. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • The women of Clan MacKenzie, however, don’t come out of that battle without casualties of their own.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As the conflict moves into urban areas, the risk of displacement and civilian casualties grows.
    — Cameron Hudson, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • One boat was traveling from Ubangi, in the northwest, to the capital of Kinshasa, and the other from Kinshasa to Lukolela, close to where the collision happened, Mputu said, and added that search efforts continue to find more victims and survivors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • His National Film Board of Canada film goes beyond numbers to humanize the Iranian-Canadian victims of Flight PS752 who have long slipped from news headlines, even as their families continue an uphill battle to hold Iran accountable.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Fatalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatalities. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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