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The meaning of Casualties

Casualties – definition

noun

A person killed or injured in a war or accident.

Usage examples:

The shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties

Synonims:

VictimFatalityMortalityLossMiaDead and injured/woundedMissing in actionMissing
noun

A person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event

Usage examples:

The number of casualties from sunday's tsunami continues to rise., new team uniforms were a casualt…
noun

Something or someone that suffers or fails because of an event

Usage examples:

A casualty of sth nonprofit groups may find funding for their projects among the first casualties o…

Casualties translation into English

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伤亡

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Slachtoffers, Doden en gewonden

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Victimes, Pertes, Morts et blessés, Dégâts

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Verluste

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हताहतों की संख्या, हताहत, जनहानि, हताहतों की तादाद, जानी नुक़सान

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Vittime

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사상자

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Жертвы, Потери, Пострадавшие, Урон

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Damnificados

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘chance, a chance occurrence’): from medieval Latin casualitas, from casualis (see casual), on the pattern of words such as penalty .

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Casualties synonims

fatality

noun

An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.

Usage examples:

80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities occur in built-up areas
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loss

noun

The fact or process of losing something or someone.

Usage examples:

Avoiding loss of time
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mia

noun

Short for missing in action.

Usage examples:

The elderly mother of an mia soldier
adjective

Abbreviation for missing in action: used for saying that a member of the armed forces has not returned from fighting in a war but is not known for certain to be dead

Usage examples:

High numbers of military were still listed as mia., this is done routinely to identify the remains …
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missing

adjective

(of a thing) not able to be found because it is not in its expected place.

Usage examples:

A quantity of cash has gone missing
verb

Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).

Usage examples:

A laser-guided bomb had missed its target
adjective

(of a person or possession) not found where you expect to find someone or something; lost or absent

Usage examples:

He disappeared on his way to school and has been missing for over a year., when did you realize the…
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mortality

noun

The state of being subject to death.

Usage examples:

The work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality
noun

The condition of being mortal

Usage examples:

A sense of her own mortality overcame her., infant mortality
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victim

noun

A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.

Usage examples:

Victims of domestic violence
noun

A person who has suffered the effects of violence or illness or bad luck

Usage examples:

An accident victim, she’s just a victim of circumstances beyond her control., national reports of v…
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