Betekenis van casualty In het Nederlands

• 0 a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war:

  • The train was derailed but there were no casualties, police said.

  • The rebels suffered heavy casualties.

• 1 a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening:

  • She lost her job in 2011, a casualty of the recession.

  • The first casualty of the reorganization will be the bus service, which will be stopped altogether.

• 2 the part of a hospital where people who are hurt in accidents or suddenly become ill are taken for urgent treatment:

  • She had to be rushed to casualty.

• 3 a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event:

  • The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to rise.

  • New team uniforms were a casualty of the budget cuts.

• 4 something or someone that suffers or fails because of an event:

  • a casualty of sth Nonprofit groups may find funding for their projects among the first casualties of the budget problem.

  • Relationships can become a casualty of workplace stress.

  • the first/latest/major casualty Smith is the latest casualty in a series of sackings at the organization.

• 5 a person who is killed or injured in an accident, attack, etc.:

  • cause/inflict casualties Food products have been contaminated, causing human casualties and considerable economic loss.

  • reduce/minimize/prevent casualties

  • sustain/suffer casualties

• 6 property that is damaged or destroyed in an accident, or the accident that causes this:

  • The hirer was liable for the collision, unless the casualty was proved to have been caused by the failure of the boat's owners to make it seaworthy.