Definitions for CASUALTIES
ca·su·al·ties

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. casualtiesnoun

   Collective tally of injuries and fatalities of an event.

2. casualtiesnoun

   Plural form of casualty.

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1. casualties

   A casualty, as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, capture or desertion. In civilian usage, a casualty is a person who is killed, wounded or incapacitated by some event; the term is usually used to describe multiple deaths and injuries due to violent incidents or disasters. It is sometimes misunderstood to mean "fatalities", but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.

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1. Casualties

   of Casualty

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. casualties

   In a military sense, comprehends all men who die, are wounded, desert, or are discharged as unfit for service.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. casualties

   In the military service, is a word which includes all losses in numerical strength of officers by death, dismissal, or resignation, and of enlisted men by death, desertion, or discharge; also all losses in fighting strength caused by wounds.

Anagrams for CASUALTIES »

1. actualises

How to pronounce CASUALTIES?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say CASUALTIES in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CASUALTIES in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CASUALTIES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of CASUALTIES in a Sentence

1. Antony Blinken:

   Casualties are often reduced to numbers. But behind every number is a human being -- a daughter, a son, a father, a mother, a grandparent, a best friend. And as the Talmud teaches, to lose a life is to lose the while world, whether that life is Palestinian or Israeli.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society ... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

3. Ali Nur:

   A roadside bomb targeted an AU vehicle as the AU convoy passed in the outskirts of Marka today. We do not know details about casualties.

4. Defense Chuck Hagel:

   Look at where most of the casualties have come from -- it's the military.

5. Danielle Bell:

   The expectation of continued fighting in the coming months combined with the current levels of civilian casualties, demonstrate the critical need for immediate steps to be taken by all parties to the conflict to prevent harm to civilians.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Casualties
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CASUALTIES
4. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=CASUALTIES
5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html