tragic fate

collocation in English

meaningsoftragicandfate

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tragic
adjective
uk
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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fate
noun
uk
/feɪt/us
/feɪt/
what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death ...
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(Definition oftragicandfatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All of them are foreshadowings of hertragicfateand contribute to the macabre atmosphere of the novel.
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Thetragicfateof three brothers explains why they are so aggrieved.
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Thetragicfateof three brothers explains why.
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More particularly, we want to show them that we have learnt the lessons that will save others—parents and children—from theirtragicfate.
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Yet thetragicfatefacing thousands of the country’s citizens is being covered up.
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His libretto is the story of devoted love and thetragicfateof two heroes.
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He has especially worked on the transformations of the two characters as they journey towards theirtragicfate.
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The last panel anticipates thetragicfateof the region under the imperial government.
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This did not end the couple'stragicfate.
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He is renowned rather for histragicfatethan for his work in the field of anatomy and surgery.
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Hertragicfateattracted later storytellers and songwriters.
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However, they were forced to leave their son behind in a different world in order to protect him from suffering the sametragicfateas their daughter had.
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Upon human life still existstragicfate.
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I offer my deepest condolences to the family of a man on whose shoulders rested many great deeds for the good of the country and serious mistakesatragicfate.
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Nor should we forget that, besides the tragic fates of those affected and of their families, it also results in costs to the public purse.
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Iizuka weaves together the parallel paths each friend takes that lead to their own tragic fates.
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His descendants have had similarly tragic fates.
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