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Fatality

The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

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Casualty 76% connected

That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.

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Killing 76% connected

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Deadliness 76% connected

The quality of being deadly.

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Death 76% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Decease 76% connected

Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

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Expiry 76% connected

Expiration.

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Lethality 76% connected

The quality of being lethal; mortality.

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Fatal 74% connected

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Fatal 74% connected

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Achillean adjective · 78% connection

Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

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Allodial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial la…

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Appeal noun · 78% connection

(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Control noun · 78% connection

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…

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Deliver verb · 78% connection

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from…

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Destiny noun · 78% connection

The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in…

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Dispose verb · 78% connection

To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part w…

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Dominion noun · 78% connection

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatal, proceeding, destiny, invincible, necessity.
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Doom verb · 78% connection

That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.

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Emancipate verb · 78% connection

To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatal, proceeding, destiny, invincible, necessity.
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Faith noun · 78% connection

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

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