casualty
11casualty — noun 1 person killed/injured in a war/an accident ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, high, serious ▪ light, low ▪ pedestrian, road (both BrE) …
12casualty — cas|u|al|ty [ˈkæʒuəlti] n plural casualties [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: casualitas chance, bad luck, loss , from Late Latin casualis; CASUAL] 1.) someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or war ▪ Our aim is to reduce road… …
13casualty — UK [ˈkæʒuəltɪ] / US noun Word forms casualty : singular casualty plural casualties 1) [countable, usually plural] someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action There were no reports of casualties from the attack. heavy… …
14Casualty — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Casualty (homonymie). Casualty est un groupe de musique électronique (dub / drum and bass) formé au Mans en 2004. Sommaire 1 Description 2 Membres …
15casualty — [[t]kæ̱ʒuəlti[/t]] ♦♦♦ casualties 1) N COUNT 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. 2) N COUNT: usu N of n A casualty of a… …
16casualty — noun 1 (C) someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or battle: First reports of the air crash tell of more than 50 casualties. | heavy casualties (=a lot of people hurt or killed) 2 be a casualty of someone or something that suffers as a… …
17casualty — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. archaic chance, fortune < losses that befall them by mere casualty Sir Walter Raleigh > 2. serious or fatal accident ; disaster 3 …
18casualty — ca|su|al|ty [ kæʒuəlti ] noun 1. ) count usually plural someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action: There were no reports of casualties from the attack. heavy casualties: A small group of rebels inflicted heavy casualties… …
19casualty — A disastrous occurrence by chance or accident; a serious mishap or misfortune; an accidental death or disablement. Morris & Co. v IndUstrial Board of Illinois, 284 Ill 67, 119 NE 944. For the purpose of the Federal Hours of Service Act, an… …
20casualty — n. (pl. ies) 1 a person killed or injured in a war or accident. 2 a thing lost or destroyed. 3 = casualty department. 4 an accident, mishap, or disaster. Phrases and idioms: casualty department (or ward) the part of a hospital where casualties… …
