as in casualties
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities
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Recent Examples of fatalities
North Carolina has racked up the highest death toll thus far, with 106 fatalities reported.
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Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
South Carolina has reported 41 fatalities, Georgia 33, Florida 19, Tennessee 11 and Virginia two.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Both the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now investigating the workplace fatalities.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
And American emergency-preparedness organizations, which have spent decades working to minimize fatalities from storm surge, haven’t fully adapted to combat the new leading killer.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
But over the rest of the study period, those gains stopped, and COVID-19 fatalities led to a surge in excess deaths from 2019 to 2020.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Both fatalities were on the mountainous and sparsely populated east coast, one man falling while trimming a tree and another man whose vehicle was hit by a falling rock.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Over half of the fatalities so far occurred in North Carolina’s mountainous western region, where entire towns were crushed beneath the weight of relentless rains and crumbling earth.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Authorities have not confirmed how many of the fatalities and missing individuals are associated with Impact Plastics.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
South Carolina has reported 41 fatalities, Georgia 33, Florida 19, Tennessee 11 and Virginia two.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Both the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now investigating the workplace fatalities.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
And American emergency-preparedness organizations, which have spent decades working to minimize fatalities from storm surge, haven’t fully adapted to combat the new leading killer.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
But over the rest of the study period, those gains stopped, and COVID-19 fatalities led to a surge in excess deaths from 2019 to 2020.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Both fatalities were on the mountainous and sparsely populated east coast, one man falling while trimming a tree and another man whose vehicle was hit by a falling rock.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Over half of the fatalities so far occurred in North Carolina’s mountainous western region, where entire towns were crushed beneath the weight of relentless rains and crumbling earth.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Authorities have not confirmed how many of the fatalities and missing individuals are associated with Impact Plastics.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Fatalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatalities. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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