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
A casualtyof a particular event or situation is a person or a thing that has suffered badly as a result of that event or situation.
The car manufacturer has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession. [+ of]
Synonyms: victim, sufferer More Synonyms of casualty
3. uncountable noun
Casualty is the part of a hospital where people who have severe injuries or sudden illnesses are taken for emergency treatment.
[British]
I was taken to casualty at St Thomas's Hospital.
regional note: in AM, use emergency room
More Synonyms of casualty
casualty in British English
(ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
a serviceman or servicewoman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action
2.
a person who is injured or killed in an accident
3.
a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc, are treated
4.
anything that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an accident, etc
casualty in American English
(ˈkæʒuəlti)
nounWord forms: pluralˈcasualties
1.
an accident, esp. a fatal one
2. Military
a.
a member of the armed forces who is lost to active service through being killed, wounded, captured, interned, sick, or missing
b. [pl.]
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
Word origin
ME & OFr casuelte < ML casualitas: see casual
casualty in Insurance
(kæʒuəlti)
Word forms: (plural) casualties
noun
(Insurance: General)
A casualty is a loss resulting from an accident, or someone who is hurt or killed in an accident.
Crime insurance is a form of casualty insurance that covers the policyholder against losses arising from the criminal actsof third parties.
The development of salvage-friendly vessels and crews can be a positive element inpreventing a casualty or mitigating its effects in an emergency.
A casualty is a loss resulting from an accident, or someone who is hurt or killed in an accident.
COBUILD Collocations
casualty
high-profile casualty
road casualty
Examples of 'casualty' in a sentence
casualty
The organisation suffered further casualties in other theatres of war.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If we suffered casualties on that scale now it would wipe out the entire fleet.
The Sun (2016)
But the actor doesn't know if he is one of the casualties.
The Sun (2016)
If she doesn't, then her career will be just one casualty.
The Sun (2016)
The rebels were taking heavy casualties too.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The nation must be prepared to see heavy casualty lists.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps the most surprising casualty in round one concerned surveillance.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The casualty department was closed for two hours as precaution.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We know the total number of casualties that resulted from the world wars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They have only slowed to avoid too many casualties.
The Sun (2015)
They had to take genuine risks and suffered high casualties.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yet these too are casualties of war.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
By now we were taking heavy casualties.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The youngest casualty at the hospital is six months old.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The casualty lists fostered a mood of frustration and bitterness.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All the good ones go to casualty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We were able to replace both battle casualties and victims of sickness and accidental injuries from within the regiment.
Richard Holmes Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006)
But enemy casualties could be higher.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There was no enemy, only casualties.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
casualty
British English: casualty /ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ/ NOUN
A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or accident.
The casualties on our side were high.
American English: casualty
Arabic: مُصَاب
Brazilian Portuguese: vítima de acidente
Chinese: 伤亡
Croatian: žrtva
Czech: oběť
Danish: en såret
Dutch: slachtoffer
European Spanish: víctima mortal
Finnish: kuolonuhri sodassa tms.
French: accidenté
German: Verunglückter
Greek: θύμα
Italian: morto
Japanese: 死傷者
Korean: 사상자
Norwegian: forulykket
Polish: ofiara wypadku
European Portuguese: vítima de acidente
Romanian: victimă
Russian: жертва
Latin American Spanish: víctima
Swedish: olycksfall
Thai: จำนวนคนเสียชีวิตหรือได้รับบาดเจ็บ
Turkish: zayiat
Ukrainian: жертва
Vietnamese: người bị giết, bị thương
All related terms of 'casualty'
casualty list
a list of servicemen who have been killed, wounded , captured , or gone missing as a result of enemy action
casualty ward
a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
road casualty
A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident .
casualty insurance
insurance providing coverage against accident and property damages , as automobile , theft , liability , and explosion insurance, but not including life insurance, fire insurance, or marine insurance
casualty department
a serviceman or servicewoman who is killed, wounded , captured , or missing as a result of enemy action
high-profile casualty
A casualty of a particular event or situation is a person or a thing that has suffered badly as a result of that event or situation.
property and casualty insurance
Property and casualty insurance is insurance on homes , cars , and businesses, rather than health or life insurance.
Chinese translation of 'casualty'
casualty
(ˈkæʒjultɪ)
n
(c)[of war, accident]
(injured) 伤(傷)病员(員) (shāngbìngyuán) (个(個), gè)
(dead) 伤(傷)亡人员(員) (shāngwáng rényuán) (批, pī)
(c)[of situation, event]牺(犧)牲品 (xīshēngpǐn)
(u) (Brit, in hospital) 急诊(診)室 (jízhěnshì) (间(間), jiān)
美 = emergency room, ER
heavy casualties (Mil) 伤(傷)亡惨(慘)重 (shāngwáng cǎnzhòng)
1 (noun)
Definition
a person who is killed or injured in an accident or war
Troops fired on the demonstrators, causing many casualties.
Synonyms
fatality
the first fatality since the ceasefire began
death
There had been a death in the family.
loss
Surviving the loss of a loved one has made me feel old.
wounded
2 (noun)
Definition
a person or thing that has suffered as the result of a particular event or circumstance
The company has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession.
Synonyms
victim
an organization representing victims of the accident
sufferer
3 (noun)
Synonyms
accident
5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home.
disaster
the second air disaster in less than two months
catastrophe
The world is heading towards an environmental catastrophe.
misfortune
He had had his full share of misfortunes.
calamity
This course of action could only end in calamity.
mishap
After a number of mishaps she finally managed to get back home.
misadventure
a verdict of death by misadventure
Additional synonyms
in the sense of calamity
Definition
a disaster or misfortune
This course of action could only end in calamity.
Synonyms
disaster,
tragedy,
ruin,
distress,
reversal of fortune,
hardship,
catastrophe,
woe,
misfortune,
downfall,
adversity,
scourge,
mishap,
affliction,
trial,
tribulation,
misadventure,
cataclysm,
wretchedness,
mischance
in the sense of catastrophe
Definition
a great and sudden disaster or misfortune
The world is heading towards an environmental catastrophe.