Casualty

Word CASUALTY
Character 8
Hyphenation cas u al ty
Pronunciations /ˈkaʒ(ʊ)əlti/

Definitions and meanings of "Casualty"

What do we mean by casualty?

An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life. noun

One who is injured or killed in an accident. noun

One who is injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy: noun

One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or circumstance. noun

Plural In the military service, the losses in a command due to any cause whatsoever, as resignation, discharge, dismissal, desertion, capture, wounds, or death. noun

Chance, or what happens by chance; accident; contingency. noun

An unfortunate chance or accident, especially one resulting in bodily injury or death; specifically, disability or loss of life in battle or military service from wounds, etc.: as, the casualties were very numerous. noun

In Scots law, an emolument due from a vassal to his superior, beyond the stated yearly duties, upon certain casual events. noun

That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. noun

Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident. noun

Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. noun

A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident. noun

Chance nature; randomness. noun

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. noun

A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence. noun

The accident and emergency department of a hospital noun

Someone injured or killed in an accident noun

An accident that causes someone to die noun

Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement noun

A decrease of military personnel or equipment noun

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.

A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

The accident and emergency department of a hospital.

An incidental charge or payment.

Chance nature; randomness.

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The word "casualty" in example sentences

Another casualty is the entertainment district along Jackson Street, Jensen's plan for an eight-block stretch of nightclubs, restaurants and other attractions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As it takes me a week to read your average manuscript, and up to two weeks to read your average 600-page fantasy tome? and this when Iâ⠂ ¬â „ ¢m not beset by administrative busywork? the casualty is my ability to read outside my own submission pil ❋ Unknown (2008)

With Thomas Vermaelen a long-term casualty with a mystery achilles problem, Wenger has started Djourou in all five of the club's fixtures since New Year's Day and the Swiss looked tired and below par in the fifth – the 3-0 victory at West Ham United on Saturday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All the same here: very calm in casualty and custody prior to midnight. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

When the first casualty is the truth, there can be no victor ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most immediate casualty is Jack Lew, Obama's choice for OMB director. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

The luckless Sandro tore a calf muscle and, according to Redknapp, will be a long-term casualty, and William Gallas damaged the same muscle and "didn't look very good". ❋ Unknown (2012)

BAGHDAD — As Iraqi politicians wrangle through a seventh month of government-formation talks, an unexpected casualty is emerging: Iranian influence over the country's fractured Shiite groups. ❋ Sam Dagher (2010)

To the person on the street, that casualty is going to be like the final casualty of their war. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was driven off with his head strapped to a gurney, with the most serious casualty from a 3-hour, 35-minute contest that delayed was delayed several times by injury timeouts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Senate consideration of a meaningful climate policy, it is important to reflect on what could be a very serious long-term casualty of these acrimonious climate policy debates, namely the demonizing of cap-and-trade and the related tarnishing of market-based approaches to environmental protection. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This latest casualty is worth a mention in briefings folks. on November 5, 2008 at 3: 23 pm | Reply Paranoid inspector ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

It was a close call that I didn't end up in casualty with multiple lacerations. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Anyway - I am a social worker but NEVER tell anyone that since I heard of a guy who woke up in casualty when he was asked what he did at a "friendly" darts match. ❋ Dave Hingsburger (2007)

But what Matt was arguing about, and what I am arguing about, is whether such a variance in casualty/refugee figures would change the ultimate judgment as to the success or failure of the overall mission. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The number of motorcyclists killed is also rising despite an overall fall in casualty levels, it warns. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Every awards season, a superb film gets lost in the shuffle of pseudo-prestigious releases and holiday junk; this year the casualty is The Good Shepherd," writes Armond White in the New York Press, adding that the film "is serious in ways most people have forgotten movies could be." ❋ Unknown (2006)

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