Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - casualty
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Casualty
casualty
noun (plural -ties) Date: 15th century 1. archaic chance, fortune losses that befall them by mere ~ — Sir Walter Raleigh 2. serious or fatal accident ; disaster 3. a. a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action b. a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed ; victim the ex-senator was a ~ of the last election
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a person killed or injured in a war or accident. 2 a thing lost or destroyed. 3 = casualty department. 4 an accident, mishap, or disaster. Phrases and idioms casualty department (or ward) the part of a hospital where casualties are treated. Etymology: ME f. med.L casualitas (as CASUAL), after ROYALTY etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) авария; несчастный случай 2) смерть или увечье от несчастного случая 3) пострадавший от несчастного случая ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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clearing station noun эвакуационный пункт CASUALTY list noun список убитых, раненых и пропавших без вести (на войне) CASUALTY rate количество убитых и раненых CASUALTY ward noun палата (в больнице) для пострадавших от несчастных случаев CASUALTY noun 1) несчастный случай; авария 2) человек, пострадавший от несчастного случая 3) mil. раненый; убитый 4) mil. подбитая машина the tank became a casualty - танк был подбит, выведен из строя 5) pl. потери (на войне) to sustain casualties - понести потери 6) attr. - casualty rate ...Англо-русский словарь
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(casualties) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A casualty 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. N-COUNT 2. A casualty 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 N-COUNT: usu N of n 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 casualty at St Thomas’s Hospital. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or battle (First reports of the air crash tell of more than 50 casualties. | heavy casualties (=a lot of people hurt or killed)) 2 be a casualty of someone or something that suffers as a result of a particular event or situation (The Safer City Project became a major casualty of financial cutbacks.) 3 Casualty BrE the part of a hospital that people are taken to when they are hurt in an accident or suddenly become ill; emergency room AmE (Steph works nights in casualty.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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