The meaning of Casualty

Casualty – definition

noun
A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Usage examples:
The shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties
Synonims:
Victim Fatality Mortality Loss Mia Dead and injured/wounded Missing in action Missing

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…

Casualty translation into English

Casualty: translate from English into Chinese

伤亡, 受害者, 海损

Casualty: translate from English into Dutch

Slachtoffer, Ongeval, Ongeluk, Voorval, Toeval, Toevalligheid

Casualty: translate from English into French

Victime, Accident, Blessé, Mort

Casualty: translate from English into German

Unfall, Opfer, Unfallopfer, Verletzte, Todesopfer, Verunglückte, Verwundete, Tote, Gefallene

Casualty: translate from English into Hindi

दुर्घटना, हताहत, दुर्घटना का शिकार, आपात, हादसा, आकस्मिक दुर्घटना, अपघटना

Casualty: translate from English into Italian

Vittima, Incidente, Ferito, Morto, Infortunio, Disgrazia

Casualty: translate from English into Korean

사상자 수, 사상자 명단, 불상사, 조난자

Casualty: translate from English into Russian

Пострадавший, Несчастный случай, Жертва, Авария, Раненый, Убитый, Подбитая машина

Casualty: translate from English into Spanish

Víctima, Accidente, Casualidad, Muerto, Cadáver, Ocasión, Baja militar, Ocasión trágica

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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Casualty – similar words

casualties

noun
A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Usage examples:
The shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties

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…

All meanings and translations of Casualties

Casualty 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

All meanings and translations of Fatality

loss

noun
The fact or process of losing something or someone.
Usage examples:
Avoiding loss of time

All meanings and translations of Loss

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 …

All meanings and translations of Mia

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…

All meanings and translations of Missing

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

All meanings and translations of Mortality

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…

All meanings and translations of Victim

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