noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heavy casualties
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There were heavy casualties on both sides.
the outpatient/casualty etc department (= in a hospital )
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I had to go to the physiotherapy department for treatment twice a week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civilian
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Even in the days of precision strikes, attacks from the air would risk civilian casualties .
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One outstanding feature of that war was how few civilian casualties there were.
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A series of air raids resulted in a number of civilian casualties .
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The total number of civilian casualties was seventy-seven, most of whom had suffered bruises or lacerations to the head.
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There were no figures given for civilian casualties .
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Most of the civilian casualties were incurred here.
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The same suspicions, particularly in relation to civilian casualties , doubtless apply to footage from Baghdad.
early
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Another early casualty was James, the son of Zebedee whom Herod killed with a sword.
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But moderation was an early casualty in nominating conventions.
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An early casualty was the tricycle idea.
heavy
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In the end, they managed to win but only at a cost of heavy casualties and political humiliation.
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Some other stations don't have such good security, you know, and their crime-fighting shows rack up pretty heavy casualties .
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B Company had already sustained heavy casualties from the landing and the patrol lost.
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He said both sides had suffered heavy casualties .
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According to some reports, both sides sustained heavy casualties .
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Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind has warned any offensive ground action would involve more than 100,000 men and lead to heavy casualties .
high
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Television reports of higher casualties could not be confirmed, and some accounts said that the policemen had been tortured and mutilated.
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Accident and school roll data have been analysed to identify those schools which have high casualty rates per head of school roll.
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The risks were high and the casualties many.
large
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Both sides had what they wanted, and neither wanted to risk large casualties to seize what the other had.
late
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McGee could come in for Andy Mockler, who is the latest injury casualty and leaves McHale with a depleted squad.
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Left wing Eric Lacroix became the latest injury casualty for the Kings.
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The meeting came on the same day the latest casualty of the rent increases left his pub.
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The Rosemont Ranch is merely the latest casualty in a war where no prisoners are taken.
major
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Apart from Beaton himself, the major casualty was Mary of Guise.
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This will be very important when, following a major casualty , the Policyholder is seeking immediate help from us.
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There were no major casualties on a day in which only four men broke par.
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In the recovery process, though, a major casualty was polyester.
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Consumer and building stocks were the major casualties .
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Alphameric was the day's major casualty with its shares plunging 32 percent to 23p as hopes for its profit recovery faded.
military
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Wars nowadays are fought against civilians; the bulk of military casualties these days are women and children.
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A court notice reported the economic loss of the two vehicles, but did not mention any military casualties .
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The action caused 441 military casualties and 197 naval casualties.
only
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The only terminal casualty of this extraordinary occurrence, apart from the aeroplane, was a hare which it struck on landing.
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Ted wasn't the only casualty at Pipeline.
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The only casualties I hear of are a couple of pleasure boats which dragged their moorings and were damaged on the shore.
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The only casualty came in the first week after the ceasefire last August.
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Mr Patten was the only Cabinet casualty , although eight other middle-ranking and junior ministers also lost their seats.
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The first, and apparently only casualty was the little corn mill at Dowdeswell, immediately deprived of its water supply.
other
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War movies were the other first casualty of war.
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Are Strach, DoL, Tinkler and the other casualties fit yet?
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You will meet him if you decide to stay here tonight. there have been other casualties , killed and wounded.
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The majority of other pedestrian casualties were people over 60.
serious
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There was one more serious casualty .
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An omission which might have and may still cost him serious casualties to personnel north of the Qattara depression. 2.
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The proportion of fatal and serious casualties to pedestrians fell, from 24 percent to 22 percent.
total
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Many were found to be dead and the total casualties were reported to be about a hundred.
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The total number of casualties was less than 150.
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Figure 18.1 shows how the total casualties fell over this period even though the number of vehicles on the road was increasing.
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Nevertheless, the total number of casualties is the second lowest annual total since the Region was formed in 1975.
■ NOUN
department
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If the relatives could not pick the patient up, he would be lodged in the casualty department of the local hospital.
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Discussion Patients admitted to casualty departments with acutely disturbed behaviour present a major diagnostic challenge.
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He concluded that there had been an accident and the body was removed to the Norfolk and Norwich casualty department .
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The X-ray and casualty departments on the ground floor were closed during the height of the storm on Thursday evening.
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The youth he rescued, known only as a Mr Thorpe, was treated in the casualty department at Middlesbrough General.
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Non-playing colleagues rushed him to the local casualty department , where a large plaster cast was fixed on to the injured area.
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It began to prey on my mind so much that I went to the casualty department of Charing Cross Hospital.
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Patients admitted to the casualty department with disordered behaviour present a considerable diagnostic challenge.
figures
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Apart from the risks to car drivers, passengers, and cyclists themselves however, pedestrian casualty figures are also alarming.
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The respective casualty figures are, as usual, uncertain.
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Without their present powers even more of us would drive without due care and attention and the road casualty figures would soar.
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No casualty figures were available, but civilians living near the headquarters fled.
list
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The list was so long and detailed it resembled a casualty list following a small battle.
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Add Apple Computer Inc. to the growing casualty list of companies mired in the slumping personal computer market.
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Jones finished last season on the casualty list .
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The Maritime school can counter-claim that casualty lists were far shorter in these two wars.
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The casualty list is so long that manager Walter Smith can barely face talking about it.
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The casualty list was 307, and the devastation immense.
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The casualty lists were growing longer and longer.
rate
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Furthermore, it is clear from the accident records that the casualty rate is higher in each age group.
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The casualty rate of entrepreneurs is very high.
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Both road traffic and the overall casualty rate per passenger mile went up by one percent.
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Considering the relatively small number of men actually at risk, the casualty rates were very high.
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Unofficial statistics put the casualty rates much higher.
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It hopes this will give it a more accurate picture of the actual casualty rate .
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Passenger casualty rates have fallen by 30 percent. in the past five years.
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Accident and school roll data have been analysed to identify those schools which have high casualty rates per head of school roll.
road
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Without their present powers even more of us would drive without due care and attention and the road casualty figures would soar.
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It is heartening to know that road casualties present no substantial threat to the toads at this particular lake.
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Of course we helped to reduce road casualties by removing toads from the road for marking.
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Working groups hope to reduce all road casualties by a third in the region by 2000.
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I mentioned the primary objective of reducing the number of road casualties .
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Clearly, reducing the number of road casualties is and has been a priority for the Government for some time.
unit
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A nine hour wait.Anger over long delays in casualty unit .
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Insurance stocks rallied after Xerox said it will sell its property and casualty unit to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts&038;.
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The sting in the tail of the recent good weather has been noticed in the casualty units of at least two local hospitals.
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Selling property and casualty unit g. W. R. Grace &038; Co. 7.
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A 75-year-old stroke patient died there last December when he fell from a trolley outside the casualty unit .
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Brunel University claim their dressing room looked like a casualty unit after the clash with Hayes.
■ VERB
become
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Much was seized for food by a starving population, and much became the casualty of unexploded mines and bombs.
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Left wing Eric Lacroix became the latest injury casualty for the Kings.
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A police patrol car also became a casualty after officers attempted to help stranded motorists.
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You can become a casualty as the result of a human relations problem left unsolved. 2.
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But the base is about to become a casualty of the peace dividend.
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They are also vulnerable to the stresses and strains of a larger cosmic struggle and can become casualties in the process.
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But if you continue to dig in your heels over this then one friendship or involvement may become a casualty now.
cause
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The bomb, which caused no casualties , had been planted in or under the luggage compartment of one of the buses.
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Few details were released of the precise circumstances of the friendly fire incidents which caused the casualties .
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Further shelling had caused casualties in the trench and had destroyed the parapet over a length of fifty yards.
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The sheer mass of Snotlings can overwhelm or tie down an enemy unit even if the tiny creatures don't cause many casualties !
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A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.
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It was called mustard gas and was used at Ypres in 1917, when it caused many thousands of casualties .
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The enemy have lost no time settling in and are now busy mortaring their former positions, causing the usual casualties .
inflict
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So successful was the tactic that the return fire from the Dragoons passed over their heads without inflicting a single casualty .
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The precise reasoning behind the apparent intent to inflict fatalities and casualties among the civilian population in Britain is far from clear.
inflicted
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The Abyssinians fought with outstanding courage but inflicted pathetically few casualties .
reduce
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By including bosses you will be improving your chances of inflicting casualties and reducing the number of casualties sustained.
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Education in schools, colleges and youth projects to try and prevent young people from sniffing may help to reduce casualties .
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For the latter, the aim is to reduce casualties by one third from 1981-85 levels by the year 2000.
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Of course we helped to reduce road casualties by removing toads from the road for marking.
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Working groups hope to reduce all road casualties by a third in the region by 2000.
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Making travel safer will not necessarily reduce the number of casualties if there is a disproportionate increase in the amount of travel.
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Remember - anything that reduces the casualty count will work in your favour because of your fixed rank bonus.
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Reducing the amount of travel, however, without a change in accident risk will reduce the number of casualties .
suffer
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The computer-equipped force suffered self-inflicted casualties more than three times higher than those in previous exercises without computers.
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As a result they suffered many casualties .
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They're suffering greater casualties , but the outside world doesn't know.
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Nevertheless, the Allies had suffered 252,000 casualties out of a total commitment of 480,000.
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He said both sides had suffered heavy casualties .
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He had suffered casualties - one man missing, presumed dead, another partially disabled.
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But this time they suffered their heaviest casualties since the battle began.
take
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Expect to take casualties as you advance, especially Goblins.
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Since the building had been empty when the charge went, the street people had taken the casualties .
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The only problem with Snotties is that they take casualties fairly quickly.
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Beirut was under constant shelling; the Marines at the airport were taking more casualties .
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This means that Greatswords may take a lot of casualties before their turn comes.
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We've taken some minor casualties of our own, but nothin' to worry about, they're all walkin' wounded.
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A bigger unit can take more casualties before its combat worthiness is eroded.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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First reports of the air crash tell of more than 50 casualties.
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Indian troops have suffered more than 1200 casualties.
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The bomb caused serious damage to the building, but there were no casualties.
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The company is the latest casualty of the worldwide recession.
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The corruption scandal has claimed yet another casualty : the Finance Minister, who was forced to resign last night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every day you will have casualties, because they will disturb your work.
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Expect to take casualties as you advance, especially Goblins.
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Second, unlike other wars, there are no real casualties in this one, but a lot of winners.
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The Treasury, where two ministers were election casualties, receives an infusion of new blood.
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We had about twenty casualties from our own immediate district.