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casualty
ca·su·al·ty C0150900 (kăzh′o͞o-əl-tē)n. pl. ca·su·al·ties 1. a. One who is injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties.b. One who is injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy: Battlefield casualties were high.2. One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or circumstance: The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.3. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
[Middle English casuelte, chance, accident, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cāsuālitās, from Latin cāsuālis, fortuitous; see casual.]Usage Note: In military usage, a casualty is a serviceperson who has been killed, injured, captured, or in some other way rendered unable to serve. When used in nonmilitary situations, such as newspaper reports about accidents, the word casualty is usually used to mean a person who is either killed or injured. Sometimes, however, people use casualties to refer only to individuals who have died, not to those who have been injured. This usage is often considered an error. In our 2013 survey, 60 percent of the Usage Panel disapproved of a sentence where casualties was used to mean "fatalities" only: Officials have reported 21 casualties from yesterday's earthquake. In addition to those fatalities, 79 people were seriously injured.casualty (ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ) n, pl -ties1. (Military) a serviceman or servicewoman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action2. a person who is injured or killed in an accident3. (Medicine) a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc, are treated4. anything that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an accident, etccas•u•al•ty (ˈkæʒ u əl ti)
n., pl. -ties. 1. Mil. a. a member of the armed forces removed from service by death, wounds, sickness, etc. b. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause. 2. one who is injured or killed in an accident. 3. any person or thing that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event. 4. a serious accident, esp. one involving bodily injury or death. [1375–1425] casualtyAny person who is lost to the organization by having been declared dead, duty status - whereabouts unknown, missing, ill, or injured. See also casualty category; casualty status; casualty type; duty status - whereabouts unknown; hostile casualty; nonhostile casualty.casualtya chance happening. See also injury.See also: Chancevictim casualty1. 'victim'You refer to someone as a victim when they have suffered as the result of a crime or natural disaster. They offered financial aid for flood victims.We have been the victims of a terrible crime.2. 'casualty'You don't usually use 'victim' to refer to someone who has been injured or killed in a war or accident. The word you use is casualty. There were heavy casualties on both sides.The casualties were taken to the nearest hospital.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  casualty - someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagementarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance | | 2. | casualty - someone injured or killed in an accidentinjured partyvictim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance | | 3. |  casualty - an accident that causes someone to diefatal accidentaccident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injuryfatality, human death - a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"collateral damage - (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations | | 4. | casualty - a decrease of military personnel or equipmentequipment casualty, damage - loss of military equipmentpersonnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capturedecrease, lessening, drop-off - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
casualtynoun1. fatality, death, loss, wounded Troops fired on the demonstrators, causing many casualties.2. victim, sufferer The company has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession.casualtynoun1. An unexpected and usually undesirable event:accident, contretemps, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap.2. One that is made to suffer injury, loss, or death:prey, victim.3. A termination of life, usually as the result of an accident or a disaster:death, fatality.Translationscasualty (ˈkӕʒuəlti) – plural ˈcasualties – noun a person who is wounded or killed in a battle, accident etc. There were hundreds of casualties when the factory went on fire. 傷者或死者 伤亡者casualty department a hospital department for treating accidental injuries. 急診處 急救室- I need to go to the emergency room (US)
I need to go to casualty (UK) → 我需要去急诊处 - Where is the emergency room? (US)
Where is casualty? (UK) → 急诊处在哪儿？
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casualty a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc., are treated casualty
casualty [kazh´oo-al-te] 1. an accident; an accidental wound; death or disablement from an accident; also the person so injured.2. in the armed forces, one missing from his unit as a result of death, injury, illness, or capture, because his whereabouts are unknown, or for other reasons.ca·su·al·ty (kazh'yū-ăl-tē), An injury, or the victim of an accident or outbreak of disease or act of terrorism, warfare, or criminal incident.casualty (1) A chance occurrence; an accident; a mishap; a disaster.
(2) A person killed or injured in war, mass disaster or accident.
Casualty The world’s longest-running (now in its 22nd year) emergency medical drama, which was launched in 1986 in the UK on BBC One. Its story lines revolve around the staff and patients of the A&E (accident and emergency) department at the fictional Holby City Hospital located in the equally fictional county of Wyvern.casualty A victim of an accident or mass disaster. See Mass disaster. ca·su·al·ty (kazh'ū-ăl-tē) Injury or death from accident. Casualty
CasualtyA serious or fatal accident. A person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed. A disastrous occurrence due to sudden, unexpected, or unusual cause. Accident; misfortune or mishap; that which comes by chance or without design. A loss from such an event or cause, as by fire, shipwreck, lightning, etc. An inevitable casualty is one that occurs through no fault of anyone. It happens totally without design, as in the case of an accident resulting from an act of God, such as a house struck by lightning or flooded by a storm. A casualty loss is a tax deduction that can be taken for an accident that is incurred in a trade or business, in a transaction entered into for profit, or for the complete or partial loss or destruction of property owned by the taxpayer. It arises from certain specific events such as a fire, an auto accident, or a flood. Casualty losses are computed subject to special rules and are treated as itemized deductions. Many people purchase casualty insurance so that they will be protected or covered in the event of specific misfortune or accident. It is a type of insurance that covers losses resulting from injuries to people. casualtyn. 1) an accident which could not have been foreseen or guarded against, such as a shipwreck caused by storm or fire caused by lightning. 2) the loss, as in life, from such an unavoidable accident. The courts remain inconsistent on the exact definition. (See: casualty loss) Casualty
CasualtyThe complete or partial destruction of property resulting from an identifiable event of a sudden, unexpected, or unusual nature.See COSTAR Alignment System
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Synonyms for casualtynoun fatalitySynonymsnoun victimSynonymsSynonyms for casualtynoun an unexpected and usually undesirable eventSynonyms- accident
- contretemps
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
noun one that is made to suffer injury, loss, or deathSynonymsnoun a termination of life, usually as the result of an accident or a disasterSynonymsSynonyms for casualtynoun someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagementRelated Words- armed forces
- armed services
- military
- military machine
- war machine
- victim
noun someone injured or killed in an accidentSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an accident that causes someone to dieSynonymsRelated Words- accident
- fatality
- human death
- collateral damage
noun a decrease of military personnel or equipmentRelated Words- equipment casualty
- damage
- personnel casualty
- loss
- decrease
- lessening
- drop-off
- armed forces
- armed services
- military
- military machine
- war machine
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