fatally

fatal | American Dictionary

fatal
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈfeɪ·t̬əl/
(of illness, accidents, etc.) causing death:
a fatal heart attack
Fatal can also mean severe enough to produce a very bad result:
a fatal mistake/flaw

fatally

adverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈfeɪ·t̬əl·i/
Several people were injured, two fatally.

Examples of fatal

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Men, in turn, suffer increased fatal chronic illness and less acute illness.
The median proportion of fatal cases for the period 1995-9 was 12 % (annual range 5-21 %).
However, building lessthen-perfect self-replicating probes could, in the worst-case scenario, have fatal consequences for the human race.
Consequently, the number of fatal adverse events may go under-reported in endemic regions, just as the disease itself does.
The party secretary was accused of participating in the planning of the attack (their plan was not to inflict fatal injuries on the villagers).
However, loss of both seat share and government office is generally fatal.
One hundred and thirty laboratory-confirmed non-fatal cases were identified during the study period.
On rare occasions, infections in humans can develop into a potentially fatal disease.
The proportion of fatal patients admitted in the morning hours declined from 1976-1984 to 1985-2002, although the difference was not significant.
An increased resistance to fluoroquinolones reduces the possibilities to treat severe infections in humans, which can have fatal consequences [1, 8].
Only about 1 in 150 cases of fever develop neurological complications which may be fatal in older people particularly those over 70 years of age.
In developed countries these diseases are rarely fatal, but they cause considerable morbidity, and high costs due to consultations, medications, hospitalizations and absence from work.
Violation of these rules of engagement can have detrimental, even fatal, effects.
Neither of these concessions will prove fatal to the attempt to render recognition pride and humility compatible with one another.
Of 17 877 patients treated, 20 developed serious non-neurological reactions, one of them fatal.
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