casualty

[US]/ˈkæʒuəlti/
[UK]/ˈkæʒuəlti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.accident; injured person;emergency room

Phrases & Collocations

casualty report

civilian casualty

casualty rate

casualty insurance

Example Sentences

he went to casualty to have a cut stitched.

Battlefield casualties were high.

She read through the casualty list anxiously.

I was called to Casualty to anaesthetize a patient.

Casualties numbered in the thousands.

significant casualties; no significant opposition.

The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.

Mr. Jones was the first casualty of the firm's cut-backs.

2.Kneel at the casualty's shoulder and position a bearer at the waist to help logroll the casualty onto the uninjured side.

some casualties were left to bleed to death .

the building industry has been one of the casualties of the recession.

The driver was rushed to casualty after the car accident.

There were more than ten serious casualties in the Monday plane crash.

Turn the casualty as a unit so that his/her body is not twisted during the logroll.

On one hand person is the assuror for the secure operation, on the other hand the causer and casualty for the accident.

The lack of a radio room station is a casualty of an aggressive schedule, and can in no way be construed as a showstopper.

A sootlike coating composed of casualties from this conflict settles on everything and everyone.

Real-world Examples

Apparently, S.E.A.L. Team Ricks suffered heavy casualties.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

Israel says it's going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties.

Source: NPR News July 2014 Compilation

And when they arrived they inflicted heavy casualties.

Source: Interesting History

Its perpetrators clearly wanted to maximize casualties.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2015

No casualties have been reported so far.

Source: CRI Online October 2015 Collection

There have been no reports of casualties.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2014

A spokesman says there were no civilian casualties.

Source: CRI Online September 2021 Collection

There are several casualties and damages to buildings.

Source: NPR News November 2012 Compilation

His office was a casualty of the high waters.

Source: VOA Standard April 2013 Collection

There are some unconfirmed reports of several more casualties.

Source: NPR News March 2021 Compilation

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