(casualties)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
Troops fired on demonstrators near the Royal Palace causing many casualties.
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2.
A ~ of a particular event or situation is a person or a thing that has suffered badly as a result of that event or situation.
Fiat has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession.
= victim
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3.
Casualty is the part of a hospital where people who have severe injuries or sudden illnesses are taken for emergency treatment. (BRIT; in AM, use emergency room )
I was taken to ~ at St Thomas’s Hospital.
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