casualty
/ˈkæʒu.əlti/noun4 syllables
Casualty means: someone injured or killed in an accident.
Synonyms for casualty12
noun, as in someone injured or killed in an accident
injured party
noun, as in an accident that causes someone to die
fatal accident
What does casualty mean?4
noun
1
someone injured or killed in an accident
2
an accident that causes someone to die
3
someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
4
a decrease of military personnel or equipment
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Casualty in a sentence
- They were, so to speak, casualties of war.supplementfacts
- The train derailed causing panic among the passengers, but no casualties were reported.Amastan
- All the fire extinguishers worked, so there were no casualties.tripbeetle
- There were no casualties, and the hospital was moved to temporary accommodation.CM
- The first casualty of every war is the truth.Hybrid
- Britain’s biggest domestic airline is the latest casualty of the coronavirus outbreak.Hybrid
- Ziri may have been a casualty to the hurricane.Amastan
- Truth stands as the first casualty of war.Bernie75
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Forms of casualty
as a noun
- plural
- casualties