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casualty Definition

casu·alty (kaz̸ho̵̅o̅ əl tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. an accident, esp. a fatal one
  2. Mil.
    1. a member of the armed forces who is lost to active service through being killed, wounded, captured, interned, sick, or missing
    2. losses of personnel resulting from death, injury, etc.
  3. anyone hurt or killed in an accident
  4. anything lost, destroyed, or made useless by some unfortunate or unforeseen happening

Etymology: ME & OFr casuelte < ML casualitas: see casual

casualty Synonyms

casualty

n.

  1. A misfortune

    accident, mishap, calamity, fatality; see catastrophe, disaster, misfortune 2.

  2. A loss in personnel; often plural

    killed, wounded, and missing; fatalities, losses, death toll, the injured, dead, victims, missing in action, MIA's.

casualty Law Definition

n

  1. An individual or property that has been destroyed, injured, lost, or otherwise made ineffective.
  2. The harm to an individual or property as a result of a sudden, unexpected, or unusual event.
  3. An accident, especially one that is fatal or serious.
casualty Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • inflict: Both sides are trying to pin the enemy and inflict casualties.
  • suffer: The Allies had suffered 15,000 casualties, 5,000 killed.
  • evacuate: Working along side firefighters from Blue watch at Buxton, the team facilitated a hoisting system using technical rope skills to evacuate the casualty.
  • injure: Caring for a seriously injured casualty in a remote area is a formidable challenge, even for the most experienced expedition medic.
  • commemorate: Other special memorials commemorate ten casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found.
  • reduce: The council has reduced child casualties by 55 % five years ahead of the government's 2010 deadline.

Adjective modifier

  • civilian: Debt of Honor Register provides the names of Second World War civilian casualties.
  • non-fatal: INJURIES Smoking material fires account for nearly 14 per cent of all non-fatal casualties in accidental dwelling fires.
  • heavy: The 3rd Parachute Division had suffered heavy casualties during its time in Normandy.
  • unconscious: Provide buoyancy for an unconscious casualty on the surface.
  • fatal: Since 2000 the number of serious and fatal casualties has halved.
  • pedestrian: The decline in pedestrian casualties can be attributed largely to their increasing absence from the road environment.

Modifies a noun

  • coveragethe: From the table on any small york times offered casualty coveragethe vw.
  • evacuation: Served in Malaya in 1950, in casualty evacuation role.
  • reduction: The primary aim of Crash Course is casualty reduction from road traffic collisions.
  • Co: Across the united casualty insurance co rates are computed coverage in excess.
  • toll: After the scandal of the needlessly high casualty toll of the Crimean War ( 1854-56 ), an assumption had taken firm hold.

Noun used with modifier

  • motorcyclist: Helmet law had little or no positive impact on motorcyclist casualties.
  • motorcycle: We continue to work closely with our partner agencies in efforts to reduce the disproportionate level of motorcycle casualties on our roads.
  • road: Please continue to let us know of any road casualty otters seen in our area.
casualty Quotes

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

—Johnson, HiramWarren

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