fatality
Pronunciation: /feɪˈtælɪti/
The English word “fatality” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
- Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.
- That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
- Death.
- An accident that causes death.
- A person killed.
- A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.
Etymology
From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal + -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series.
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