fatalities
Lives lost count
Fatalities is the plural of fatality—deaths resulting from accidents, disasters, violence, or war.
News reports tally fatalities from earthquakes, car crashes, and military operations: The storm caused twelve fatalities.
The word carries clinical distance, preferred in official contexts over more direct terms like deaths or people killed.
Permanent cessations of life
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- killedCaused to die
- deceasedNo longer living
- perishedCeased living violently
fallen · lost · dead · toll · body count · death toll · slain · mortality
Seismic ground movement
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
avalanche · wildfire · eruption · landslide · typhoon · cyclone · pandemic · famine
Sudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- vehicleMeans of transport
- trafficMovement along routes
highway · workplace · industrial · drowning · electrocution · fall · construction · aviation
Measured speed or charge
- per capitaFor each individual
- annualOccurring every year
- reportedCommunicated formally
- recordedCaptured for posterity
estimated · data · figures · statistics · numbers · mortality rate · incidence · frequency
deaths
Permanent cessations of life
perished · fallen · lost · dead · toll · body count · death toll · slain · mortality · wounded
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
flood · avalanche · wildfire · eruption · landslide · typhoon · cyclone · pandemic · famine · catastrophe
crash
Sudden violent impact
traffic · highway · workplace · industrial · drowning · electrocution · fall · construction · aviation · railway
rate
Measured speed or charge
- per capitaFor each individual
- annualOccurring every year
- reportedCommunicated formally
recorded · estimated · data · figures · statistics · numbers · mortality rate · incidence · frequency · trending
homicide
Causing another's death
assault · massacre · attack · terrorism · combat · warfare · bombing · gunfire · crossfire · drive-by
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- Fighting GamesStreet Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Sub-Zero, Raiden
- prison riotsuprising, lockdown, inmates, guards, hostages
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, casualties
- hurricaneshurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall
- train accidentstrain accidents, train wrecks, derailments, collisions, crashes
fatalitiessurvivors
Those still alive after
injuries · wounded · minor injuries · rescues · recoveries
- traffic fatalitiesDeaths from vehicle collisions
fate, fatal, fateful, fatality, fatalism, fatally, nonfatal, fatalistic, fatalist