1
as in victim
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children
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as in accident
a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury
casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships
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as in luck
archaic
the uncertain course of events
believes finding one's true love is too important a matter to be left to mere casualty
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Recent Examples of casualty
The recent fatal clashes mark the worst violence since al-Assad was thrown out, with high casualties reported among religious minorities, including Alawites and Christians.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Social media videos published since Thursday apparently show extensive casualties among both Syrian security forces and young men in civilian clothing.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Conflicting casualty figures are not uncommon in the immediate aftermath of attacks in Syria's 13-year conflict that has killed half a million people.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The top officials estimated that the casualties would include up to 166,000 deaths from malaria, a 30% rise in new tuberculosis cases, 200,000 children paralyzed by polio over the next decade and more than a million children left untreated for severe malnutrition.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Social media videos published since Thursday apparently show extensive casualties among both Syrian security forces and young men in civilian clothing.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Conflicting casualty figures are not uncommon in the immediate aftermath of attacks in Syria's 13-year conflict that has killed half a million people.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The top officials estimated that the casualties would include up to 166,000 deaths from malaria, a 30% rise in new tuberculosis cases, 200,000 children paralyzed by polio over the next decade and more than a million children left untreated for severe malnutrition.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casualty
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Authorities struggled to identify and process all of the victims.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Paying ransoms does not guarantee a return to normal business operations, and 35% of victims who paid a ransom, according to the in-house analysis of data, either did not receive decryption keys or received corrupted keys.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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What if Gemma was at fault for the accident and seriously harmed or killed another person?—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
21 Mar. 2025
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Connected sensors track environmental hazards, which secure rapid response to prevent accidents.—
Oleg Fonarov,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Two Georgia lottery players tried their luck — and walked away with life-changing wins.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, their luck ran out in the following two games, where the Reds lost twice in a row to PSG in the last-16 second-leg and then Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final – the latter held them without a shot for an entire half.—
Brett Koremenos,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Their expedition is intended to raise awareness and financial support for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which supports responders and military who sustained life-changing injuries and fatalities.—
Encinitas Advocate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Texas Department of State Health Services reports that there was one fatality in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the ’90s, a movie like this one might have had a chance to catch on.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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In the first period, the top line combined on the Hawks’ best chances of the frame: aNazar-to-Bedard-to-Dickinson pass, but Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped Dickinson’s one-timer.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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If a person is arrested in violation of the settlement agreement, they must in most circumstances be released from detention without having to pay bond and without conditions of release, according to Rebecca Glenberg, chief supervising litigation counsel at the ACLU of Illinois.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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That idea—of a grand continuum, in which the circumstances change but all of our big human feelings (heartache, joy, unease, panic, contentment) remain the same, across time and vast distances—felt germane to her new songs.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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In the fourth category, students’ metaphors highlighted the potential hazards of AI.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tornadoes are most likely from March through mid-June, after which damaging wind gusts become the main hazard.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Casualty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casualty. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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