fatalness
Definition
Noun: The quality or state of being fatal; the capacity to cause death, disaster, or ruin.
Usage Examples
- (The quality of causing death was clear.)
- (The capacity to cause ruin was not fully appreciated.)
- (The lethal nature of the poison.)
Advanced Usage
- "the fatalness of a situation": referring to the inevitable disastrous outcome.
- The fatalness of their plan became apparent when the storm hit. (The unavoidable destructive result.)
Variants and Related Words
- Fatal (adj): causing death or ruin.
- The accident was fatal. (It caused death.)
- Fatally (adv): in a way that causes death or ruin.
- He was fatally wounded. (Wounded in a way that caused death.)
- Fatalism (n): the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable.
- His fatalism prevented him from trying to change his fate.
Synonyms
- Deadliness: the quality of being capable of causing death.
- Lethality: the capacity to cause death or serious harm.
- Mortality: the quality of being subject to death.
Related Idioms
- A fatal blow: an action or event that causes complete failure or death.
- The scandal dealt a fatal blow to his political career. (It ended his career completely.)