Definition of "fatality" in English

noun

1. The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from 17th c.]

2. Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate. [from 17th c.]

3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. [from 18th c.]

4. Death.

5. An accident that causes death. [from 19th c.]

6. A person killed.

7. (video games) A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.