Fatal 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 2

Fatal 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 2

Fatal 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 2

/ˈfeɪ.təl/ US /-ţəl/ (adj)

too dangerous and deadly, lethal, mortal, leading to failure or disaster, disastrous, killing, terminal, mortal, incurable, untreatable, inoperable, malignant, destructive, ruinous

For more than a decade, heart disease and cancer, two fatal diseases, have claimed the first and second spots respectively as the leading causes of deaths in America. Together, the two causes are responsible for 46 percent of deaths in the United States.

Combined with the third most common cause of death — chronic lower respiratory diseases — the three diseases account for half  of all deaths in the United States.

For more than 30 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been collecting and examining causes of death. This information helps researchers and doctors understand if they need to address growing epidemics in healthcare.

Source: https://www.healthline.com/

Antonyms: unimportant, beneficial, benign

Noun: fatality

Adverb: fatally