fatality

== English == === Etymology === From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal +‎ -ity. The video game move sense was popularized by the Mortal Kombat series. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /feɪˈtælɪti/, [feɪ̯ˈtʰælɪɾi], /fə-/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈtælətɪ/, /fəˈtælɪtɪ/, /feɪ-/ Rhymes: -ælɪti === Noun === fatality (plural fatalities) The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: inevitability; see also Thesaurus:sure thing Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate. [from 17th c.] Synonym: mortality That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. [from 18th c.] Synonyms: destiny, doom; see also Thesaurus:fate Death. Synonyms: demise, the big sleep; see also Thesaurus:death An accident that causes death. [from 19th c.] A person killed. (video games) A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent. ==== Coordinate terms ==== lethality ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====