fatality vs shipwreck

fatality

noun
  • Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate. 

  • An accident that causes death. 

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

  • A person killed. 

  • Death. 

  • That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. 

  • A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent. 

shipwreck

noun
  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

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