Casualty
/ˈkæʒuəlti/noun
A person who is hurt or killed in an accident or war.
The car crash caused several casualties.
Often appears as...
- civilian casualties
- hospital casualties
noun
A person or thing badly affected by an event or situation.
Small businesses are often the first casualties in an economic downturn.
Often appears as...
- economic casualties
- political casualties
noun
In medicine, a person who receives treatment in a specific hospital department.
He was taken to the casualty department with a broken arm.
Often appears as...
- casualty department
- casualty ward
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who is hurt or killed in an accident or war.
The car crash caused several casualties.
Often appears as...
- civilian casualties
- hospital casualties
noun
A person or thing badly affected by an event or situation.
Small businesses are often the first casualties in an economic downturn.
Often appears as...
- economic casualties
- political casualties
noun
In medicine, a person who receives treatment in a specific hospital department.
He was taken to the casualty department with a broken arm.
Often appears as...
- casualty department
- casualty ward
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Often used in military, war journalism, and emergency services to describe harm or deaths.
News reported high casualties after the battle.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
Doesn't imply blame or cause, just states that someone was harmed or killed.
The train derailment resulted in numerous casualties.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Can imply the seriousness of an incident by the number of casualties reported.
The low number of casualties suggested the evacuation was successful.
Compare with
adversitydamagefatalityharmlossvictimwound
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First Look: The Long...
That Crusader loader who was killed? You find out his first name and where he was from. Yes, sir. I wanted to do the best job I could do, because it's a man that I now idolize in life. You guys want to make it back to base without any more casualties, huh? Then we have to work together.
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Small Creatures In Need...
world so i oversee a lot of the care of the animals that we have in the wildlife casualty along with the rest of the team so making sure that they're looked after and cleaned out and fed and have the right medication etc and also you know supervise other members of the team in doing so
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Would you sacrifice one...
Meanwhile, governments are researching autonomous military drones that could wind up making decisions of whether they'll risk civilian casualties to attack a high-value target. If we want these actions to be ethical, we have to decide in advance how to value human life
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Through the shattered...
casualties in modern conflicts aren't the fighters this is why I aim my camera at the world beyond fighting and blood and work to document the ongoing life after the war a life that is a fact by the devastating consequences and inhumane acts of violence for me the
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The surprising decline...
looking at casualty rates among contemporary hunter-gatherers, which is our best source of evidence about this way of life, has shown a rather different conclusion. Here is a graph that he put together, showing the percentage of male deaths due to warfare
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Why is this painting so...
But in this context, the style offers a profoundly overwhelming view of violence, destruction, and casualties. Multiple perspectives only compound the horror on display– sending the eyes hurtling around the frame in a futile hunt for peace.
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Tales of passion -...
the casualties are civilians mainly women and children they are collateral damage men run the world and look at the mess we have what kind of world do we want this is a fundamental question that most of us are asking does it make sense
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Isabel Allende: Tales of...
linked, informed and educated -- can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians, mainly women and children. They are collateral damage. Men run the world,
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Why I love a country...
incredible courage and valor. They were sent out on the most dangerous missions and they sustained the highest combat casualty rate of any unit proportionally.
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
friendships and exploring their forest home a discovery draws them all close a tiny casualty on the forest floor
Video examples
First Look: The Long...
That Crusader loader who was killed? You find out his first name and where he was from. Yes, sir. I wanted to do the best job I could do, because it's a man that I now idolize in life. You guys want to make it back to base without any more casualties, huh? Then we have to work together.
Video examples
Small Creatures In Need...
world so i oversee a lot of the care of the animals that we have in the wildlife casualty along with the rest of the team so making sure that they're looked after and cleaned out and fed and have the right medication etc and also you know supervise other members of the team in doing so
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
Meanwhile, governments are researching autonomous military drones that could wind up making decisions of whether they'll risk civilian casualties to attack a high-value target. If we want these actions to be ethical, we have to decide in advance how to value human life
Video examples
Through the shattered...
casualties in modern conflicts aren't the fighters this is why I aim my camera at the world beyond fighting and blood and work to document the ongoing life after the war a life that is a fact by the devastating consequences and inhumane acts of violence for me the
Video examples
The surprising decline...
looking at casualty rates among contemporary hunter-gatherers, which is our best source of evidence about this way of life, has shown a rather different conclusion. Here is a graph that he put together, showing the percentage of male deaths due to warfare
Video examples
Why is this painting so...
But in this context, the style offers a profoundly overwhelming view of violence, destruction, and casualties. Multiple perspectives only compound the horror on display– sending the eyes hurtling around the frame in a futile hunt for peace.
Video examples
Tales of passion -...
the casualties are civilians mainly women and children they are collateral damage men run the world and look at the mess we have what kind of world do we want this is a fundamental question that most of us are asking does it make sense
Video examples
Isabel Allende: Tales of...
linked, informed and educated -- can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians, mainly women and children. They are collateral damage. Men run the world,
Video examples
Why I love a country...
incredible courage and valor. They were sent out on the most dangerous missions and they sustained the highest combat casualty rate of any unit proportionally.
Video examples
Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
friendships and exploring their forest home a discovery draws them all close a tiny casualty on the forest floor
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.
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L. Neil Smith
American Writer
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
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Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.
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Kevin Costner
American Actor
I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.
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Steve Southerland
American Politician
One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.
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Harry Browne
American Writer
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
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P. Chidambaram
Indian Politician
Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.
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Hiram Johnson
American Politician
The first casualty when war comes is truth.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in.
Quote examples
Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.
Quote examples
L. Neil Smith
American Writer
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
Quote examples
Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.
Quote examples
Kevin Costner
American Actor
I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.
Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.
Quote examples
Steve Southerland
American Politician
One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.
Quote examples
Harry Browne
American Writer
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
Quote examples
P. Chidambaram
Indian Politician
Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.
Quote examples
Hiram Johnson
American Politician
The first casualty when war comes is truth.
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