casualty
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈkæʒuəlti/
- Specialized
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baja
- Half the battalion became casualties, though Salt's own conduct was praised.
- suffer casualties
- war casualties
- military casualties
Infantry guys that were with us, they were taking casualties daily, Daily.
- Infantry guys that were with us, they were taking casualties daily, Daily.
- They have reduced our casualties in Palestine to a number.
- And they probably inflicted most of the casualties on on what we would consider the enemy.
- The nationalists fight well though and inflict serious casualties, but they are cut off from supplies and they are annihilated.
- Now the the bloody casualty statistics, the war weariness.
- That unit then gets has some casualties and returns.
- And so moving forward, we we had a couple casualties.
- We took one in four casualties and it was ever hitting because it was quite dirty.
- Like it took a decade in Afghanistan, I think for them and it took them taking on mass, mass casualties.
Examples
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Colonel, casualties coming in heavy.
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Amazing to think that countries are still joining the war, which has produced millions of casualties just this summer alone.
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I was saying the German casualties seem to have been very heavy.
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Northern Rock was the most visible casualty of that change, but others are no less exposed.
Blog text (31) -
His trump card was that Britain, despite the heavy casualties, was still showing successes.
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The best way to end casualties in Vietnam is to end the war.
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You pointed out that the majority of the American casualties were after the Surge.
Blog text (5) -
There have been millions of casualties, but neither side can break the deadlock.
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The ground war lasted 100 hours with a miraculously low number of U.S. casualties.
Fiction book (1999) -
The military reported heavy casualty figures after the battle, which raised concerns about troop safety.
Synonyms
85
4.1
People killed, wounded, or captured in battle
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4.5
Harm to military vehicles or equipment caused in combat
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3.8
A wound a soldier gets during fighting
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7.9
Loss or damage to military equipment during battle
Loss or serious damage to military equipment caused by an enemy attack
A member of the military who is killed or captured during a fight
Damage or loss of military equipment during field operations
People who are hurt, often in a fight or accident
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
Loss or serious damage to military equipment caused by an enemy attack
- Specialized
A member of the military who is killed or captured during a fight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Casualty comes from the old Latin word casus, meaning 'chance' or 'what happens', and in military talk it became the name for people or equipment lost when battles or attacks occur. So casualty can mean the losses a unit suffers—people or things taken out by injury or destruction.