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Meaning of casualty in English

casualty
noun
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/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/ us
/ˈkæʒ.uː.əl.ti/

casualty noun (INJURED)

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C2 [ C ]
a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war:
suffer casualties The rebels suffered heavy casualties.
The train was derailed but there were no casualties, police said.
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casualty noun (BADLY AFFECTED)

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a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening:
She lost her job in 2011, a casualty of the recession.
The first casualty of the reorganization will be the bus service, which will be stopped altogether.
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casualty noun (HOSPITAL)

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the part of a hospital where people who are hurt in accidents or suddenly become ill are taken for urgent treatment:
She had to be rushed to casualty.
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(Definition of casualty from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

casualty | American Dictionary

casualty
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈkæʒ·u·əl·ti, ˈkæʒ·əl·ti/
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a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event:
The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to rise.
New team uniforms were a casualty of the budget cuts.
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casualty | Business English

casualty
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈkæʒjuəlti/ us
plural casualties
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something or someone that suffers or fails because of an event:
a casualty of sth Nonprofit groups may find funding for their projects among the first casualties of the budget problem.
Relationships can become a casualty of workplace stress.
the first/latest/major casualty Smith is the latest casualty in a series of sackings at the organization.
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a person who is killed or injured in an accident, attack, etc.:
cause/inflict casualties Food products have been contaminated, causing human casualties and considerable economic loss.
reduce/minimize/prevent casualties
sustain/suffer casualties
INSURANCE
property that is damaged or destroyed in an accident, or the accident that causes this:
The hirer was liable for the collision, unless the casualty was proved to have been caused by the failure of the boat's owners to make it seaworthy.
(Definition of casualty from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of casualty

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First, there was the ' hard news ' of the war : troop movements, casualties, rumours of a peace settlement.
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The partisans preached resistance at any cost, even if it meant v including heavy civilian casualties.
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Government casualties were 37,176 (27 per cent) and the insurgents may have been as high as 15,000 (58 per cent).
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Indeed, pitched battle was shunned, for its natural corollary of heavy casualties demoralized the followers of any leader who employed such tactics.
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Indeed, there were to be a good many more casualties.
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Up-country traders and porters were makers of their own destiny, and were not hapless casualties of change.
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Children who encounter such hazards are at increased risk for becoming developmental casualties, in part because adaptive development depends so heavily on a facilitating environment.
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The casualties are the students seeking to enter these specialties, or professionals seeking further education.
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The older driver: measures for reducing the number of casualties among older people on our roads.
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The article will argue that care work and unpaid care workers are both casualties of these developments.
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Sanitary screenings of farm-reared birds should preferably include some complete necropsies, for example of casualties, rather than rely exclusively on non-invasive sampling.
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All of this is even more important when the role of casualties is addressed.
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Unconfirmed reports put noncombatant casualties at up to 100 people.
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No blood is seen; no screaming is heard; casualties are faceless.
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To sum up: there were no casualties on the expedition and it did what it set out to do and, moreover, did so within budget.
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casualty count
Ambulances and rescue helicopters were sent to assist the wounded and bring them to hospital, amid fears the casualty count could mount.
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casualty figure
There were probably many others unseen, perhaps accounting for the casualty figure of approximately 2,000 published elsewhere.
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casualty officer
One is the secretary of an excellent district hospital where they have at present one woman casualty officer.
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Translations of casualty

in Chinese (Traditional)
受傷的, （嚴重事故或戰爭中的）傷亡人員, 受到嚴重影響的…
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受伤的, （严重事故或战争中的）伤亡人员, 受到严重影响的…
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herido, herida, víctima…
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vítima, baixa, pronto-socorro…
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गंभीर अपघातात किंवा युद्धात जखमी वा मृत पावलेली व्यक्ती, हॉस्पिटलमधील एक भाग जेथे अपघातात सापडलेल्या वा अचानक बरे वाटत नसलेल्यांना तातडीच्या उपचारासाठी नेतात…
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malül, zayiat, kazazede…
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blessé/-ée [masculine-feminine], mort/morte [masculine-feminine], victime…
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死傷者（ししょうしゃ）…
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gewonde, slachtoffer…
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கடுமையான விபத்து அல்லது போரில் காயமடைந்த அல்லது கொல்லப்பட்ட நபர், விபத்துகளில் காயமடைபவர்கள் அல்லது திடீரென நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்கள் அவசர சிகிச்சைக்காக அழைத்துச் செல்லப்படும் மருத்துவமனையின் பகுதி…
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हताहत या मृत, किसी गंभीर हादसे या लड़ाई में मारा गया या घायल व्यक्ति, कैज़ुअल्टी…
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ઇજાગ્રસ્તો અથવા મૃતકો, ખુવારી, તત્કાળ સારવાર વિભાગ…
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såret, tilskadekommen, offer…
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olycks-, krigsoffer, skadad…
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terbunuh atau tercedera…
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das Opfer…
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offer [neuter], offer, såret eller drept person…
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ایسا حادثہ یاسانحہ جس میں لوگ شدید زخمی ہوں یا کسی کی موت ہوجائے, ہنگامی حالات والا گوشہ(اسپتال کا وہ حصہ جہاں حادثہ کے شکار لوگوں کو یا اچانک شدید طور پر بیمار پڑنے والوں کو لایا جاتا ہے)…
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потерпілий від нещасного випадку…
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пострадавший, раненый, убитый…
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ప్రాణనష్టం, కాసూయల్టీ, ప్రమాదాలలో గాయపడిన లేక అకస్మాత్తుగా అనారోగ్యానికి గురయ్యే ఆసుపత్రిలో భాగం అత్యవసర చికిత్స కోసం తీసుకుంటారు…
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হতাহত, হাসপাতালের জরুরিকালীন বিভাগ…
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oběť…
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korban…
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จำนวนคนตายหรือได้รับบาดเจ็บ…
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thương vong…
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ofiara, poszkodowan-y/a, oddział urazowy…
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