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noun. ca· su· al· ty ˈka-zhəl-tē. ˈkazh-wəl-, ˈka-zhə-wəl-. plural casualties. Synonyms of casualty. 1. a. : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action.
In civilian usage, a casualty is a person who is killed, wounded or incapacitated by some event; the term is usually used to describe multiple deaths and injuries due to violent incidents or disasters. It is sometimes misunderstood to mean "fatalities", but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.
Add to word list. a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event: The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to rise. New team uniforms were a casualty of the budget cuts.
Add to word list. a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event: The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to rise. New team uniforms were a casualty of the budget cuts.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CASUALTY. 1. [count] : a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc. a low number of casualties. The army suffered/took/sustained heavy casualties [=many soldiers were killed or wounded] in the town. casualty rates [=the number of people wounded or killed each day] 2.
A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident. Troops fired on demonstrators near the Royal Palace causing many casualties. Synonyms: fatality, death, loss, wounded More Synonyms of casualty. 2. countable noun.
Definition of casualty noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Anyone who loses life or limb, either in the fighting or as a civilian, is called a casualty. You can also use this word figuratively: if a local elementary school loses funding for their art classes and after-school activities, you can say that the students are casualties of budget cuts.
casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion. one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident.
CASUALTY definition: 1. someone who is injured or killed in an accident or war: 2. someone or something that is badly…. Learn more.
