fatality
/feɪˈtælɪti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
noun
Example Sentences
- "What can I say, or think of this most terrible of fatalities?"
- "the whole thing felt like being in a near traffic fatality avoided by inches and later not being able to think of the whole thing lest you begin shaking..."
- "My first enchantment with computers came when I was about six years old, in Montreal in the early nineties, playing Mortal Kombat with my oldest brother. He told me about some “fatalities”—gruesome, witty ways of killing your opponent."
Etymology
From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /feɪˈtælɪti/
- British English: /fəˈtælətɪ/