1 a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening:
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:
4 something or someone that suffers or fails because of an event:
5 a person who is killed or injured in an accident, attack, etc.:
6 property that is damaged or destroyed in an accident, or the accident that causes this:
The number of casualties in both wars was appallingly high.
Hospitals are on standby ready to deal with casualties being flown in from the crash site.
They were warned to expect a heavy air attack and therefore many casualties.
George was a casualty in that nasty motorway pile-up last year.
So far, only one casualty has been rescued from the scene of the explosion.
First, there was the ' hard news ' of the war : troop movements, casualties, rumours of a peace settlement.
The partisans preached resistance at any cost, even if it meant v including heavy civilian casualties.
Government casualties were 37,176 (27 per cent) and the insurgents may have been as high as 15,000 (58 per cent).
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