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1. a. : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action. The army sustained heavy casualties. b. : a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : victim. the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election. 2. : serious or fatal accident : disaster.
CASUALTY definition: 1. a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war: 2. a person or thing that suffers as a…. Learn more.
one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident. any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event: Their house was a casualty of the fire. a serious accident, especially one involving bodily injury or death. casualty.
Having been broadcast weekly since 1986, Casualty is the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world. [6] [7] The programme is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department.
CASUALTY meaning: 1. a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war: 2. a person or thing that suffers as a…. Learn more.
casualty rates [=the number of people wounded or killed each day] 2. [count] : a person or thing that is harmed, lost, or destroyed : victim — usually + of. The tree was a casualty of the high winds. The factory was a casualty of the depression. 3. [noncount] British : emergency room.
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Anyone who loses life or limb, either in the fighting or as a civilian, is called a casualty. You can also use this word figuratively: if a local elementary school loses funding for their art classes and after-school activities, you can say that the students are casualties of budget cuts.
