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Synonyms for fatality

Most common

death mortality end demise fate destiny

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Mortality — death

death, mortality, end, demise, doom, liquidation, deadliness, decease, quietus dated

2. Fate — that which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event

fate, destiny, lot, predestination, fortune, kismet, portion, foredoom, weird dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

  2. n. 2

    Death.

Related words

Phrases
fatality rate

Forms

Plural
fatalities → deaths, mortalities, ends, demises…

Example sentences

  • mortality Strict abortion laws lead to higher maternal mortality.
  • demise Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  • liquidation They're holding a liquidation sale.
  • disaster We will first ascertain the cause of the disaster.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fatalitysteady
mortalitysteady
demiserising
liquidationfalling
deadlinesssteady
foredoomfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
end1, lot1
4 letters
fate1, doom1
5 letters
death1, weird1
6 letters
demise2, kismet2, exitus
7 letters
portion2, fortune2, destiny3, decease2, quietus
8 letters
disaster3, calamity4, foredoom
9 letters
mortality4, malignity
10 letters
deadliness3
11 letters
liquidation4
13 letters
inevitability7
14 letters
predestination5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demise2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
fatalité
Italiano
fatalità
Español
hado
Deutsch
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