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fatality

[fey-tal-i-tee, fuh-] / feɪˈtæl ɪ ti, fə- /


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Global health authorities quickly sought to contain the spread of the virus that carries a high fatality rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

For example, when patients with the similarly deadly Ebola are treated in Europe or the United States, "the fatality rate is zero," he said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The third fatality - a German woman - is not a confirmed case either.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

That form of the virus has a fatality rate of up to 35%.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Did we repeat the experiment, we should instead inoculate in the leg, which, being further removed from the pneumatic, electrico-aetherial, and hydraulico- vascular machinery, is less likely to lead to internal corrosion and fatality, viz.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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