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ca·su·al·ty  (kzh-l-t)

n. pl. ca·su·al·ties

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

2. One injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties.

3. One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy. Often used in the plural: Battlefield casualties were high.

4. One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or a circumstance: The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.

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[Middle English casuelte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin csulits, chance, accident, from Latin csulis, fortuitous; see casual.]

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casualty

Noun

pl -ties

1. a person who is killed or injured in an accident or war

2. the hospital department where victims of accidents are given emergency treatment

3. a person or thing that has suffered as the result of a particular event or circumstance: 583 job losses with significant casualties among public-sector employees

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casualty

a chance happening. See also injury.

See also: Chance

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Any 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	casualty - someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement 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" victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
	2.	casualty - someone injured or killed in an accident injured party victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
	3.	casualty - an accident that causes someone to die fatal accident accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury fatality, 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 equipment equipment casualty, damage - loss of military equipment personnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capture decrease, 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"

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casualty

noun 1. fatality, death, loss, wounded

noun 2. victim, sufferer

Translations

casualty [ˈkæʒjultɪ] n → víctima, herido;

(dead) → muerto;

(MIL) → baja;

heavy casualties → numerosas bajas fpl

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casualty [ˈkæʒjultɪ] n → accidenté(e) → blessé(e) (= dead); victime f, mort(e);

(Brit) (Med) (= department); urgences fpl;

heavy casualties → lourdes pertes

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casualty [ˈkæʒjultɪ] n (of war etc) → Opfer nt;

(someone injured) → Verletzte(r) f(m);

(someone killed) → Tote(r) f(m);

(Med) → Unfallstation f;

heavy casualties (Mil) → schwere Verluste pl

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casualty [ˈkæʒjultɪ] n → ferito/a;

(dead) → morto/a, vittima;

heavy casualties → grosse perdite fpl

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casualty

n casualty [ˈkӕʒuəlti]

a person who is wounded or killed in a battle, accident etc There were hundreds of casualties when the factory went on fire. slagoffer, beseerde, dooie إِصابَةٌ مُميتَةٌ، قَتْيل жертва oběť såret; tilskadekommen; offer das Opfer θύμα baja, víctima ohver کشته یا زخمی؛ تلفات uhri victime נִפְגַע हताहत, दुर्घटनाग्रस्त व्यक्ति nesreća, unesrećeni sérült, áldozat korban slysatilfelli, maður sem slasast; fallnir (í orrustu) ferito; morto 死傷者 사상자 auka, sužeistasis, žuvusysis nelaimes gadījumā cietušais; kritušais terbunuh atau tercedera gewonde, slachtoffer offer; såret eller drept person ofiara (zabity lub ranny) baixa victimă (случайно) пострадавший obeť žrtev žrtva olycks-, krigsoffer, skadad, sårad จำนวนคนตายหรือได้รับบาดเจ็บ zayiat 傷亡人員 потерпілий від нещасного випадку زخمی یا ہلاک ہونے والا شخص thương vong 伤亡人员

casualty department

a hospital department for treating accidental injuries. ongevalleafdeling قِسْمُ إصابات الحَوادِث отделение за пострадали úrazové oddělení skadestue die Unfallstation τμήμα ατυχημάτων urgencias traumatoloogiaosakond بخش درمانی سانحه دیدگان tapaturmaosasto salle des accidentés חָדַר מִיוּן आपात विभाग odjel za stradale baleseti osztály bagian kecelakaan slysadeild pronto soccorso 救急病棟 부상자 병동 traumatologijos skyrius traumatoloģijas nodaļa wad kecederaan eerste hulp afdeling avdeling for øyeblikkelig hjelp; legevakt izba przyjęć urgências травматологическое отделение oddelenie úrazov nezgodni oddelek urgentni centar olycksfallsavdelning แผนกอุบัติเหตุในโรงพยาบาล ilk yardım kısmı 急救室 палата в лікарні для потерпілих від нещасного випадку حادثاتی چوٹوں کا محکمہ khu điều trị 急救室