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US
/ˈkæʒəɫti, ˈkæʒəwəɫti, ˈkæʒwəɫti/
]
[ UK /kˈæʒuːəlti/ ]
[ UK /kˈæʒuːəlti/ ]
NOUN
- someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
- an accident that causes someone to die
- someone injured or killed in an accident
- a decrease of military personnel or equipment
How To Use casualty In A Sentence
- Sure enough, he found her there, looking at the posted casualty reports along with many others, searching the alphabetized lists of KIAs and WIAs.
- The youth he rescued, known only as a Mr Thorpe, was treated in the casualty department at Middlesbrough General.
- C.N), the largest U.S. bank and a major casualty of the crisis, could fall below $10 a share, less than a third of its 150-day moving average price of $32.82, as the credit crisis unravels further.
- Never apply water to a burn from an electric shock while the casualty is still in contact with the electric current.
- Never apply water to a burn from an electric shock while the casualty is still in contact with the electric current.
- During the Korean war, US forces employed them for liaison, supply, casualty evacuation, and troop transportation.
- The only terminal casualty of this extraordinary occurrence, apart from the aeroplane, was a hare which it struck on landing.
- We were exceedingly reluctant to rush in with big casualty numbers.
- Accident and school roll data have been analysed to identify those schools which have high casualty rates per head of school roll.
- Despite the enormous casualty figure, a major concern of governmental officials was that insurance cover property losses.