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
In a statement on Monday, the IDF revised that number, saying six Hamas operatives were identified among the casualties, without providing evidence.
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Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Photos Show Devastating Impact of Powerful Earthquake That Rocked Myanmar and Thailand
Local media reports of casualties have been much higher than the official figures.
—David Rising, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
And while the ongoing airstrikes have wrecked the Houthis by taking out vital missile-launching facilities with no U.S. casualties, the Democrats attacked Trump and his defense and intelligence team for leaks over the attack plan.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
So far, no Chinese national casualties have been reported.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Photos Show Devastating Impact of Powerful Earthquake That Rocked Myanmar and Thailand
Local media reports of casualties have been much higher than the official figures.
—David Rising, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
And while the ongoing airstrikes have wrecked the Houthis by taking out vital missile-launching facilities with no U.S. casualties, the Democrats attacked Trump and his defense and intelligence team for leaks over the attack plan.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
So far, no Chinese national casualties have been reported.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casualty
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Once identified, the kit dynamically loads a counterfeit login page tailored to that provider, often with the victim’s email address already filled in.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Preliminary investigation indicates there was an incident between people in the parking lot just before the victim was shot.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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Adam DeVine was told to 'stick to the script' on Modern Family after confusing Sofia Vergara with improv DeVine detailed his childhood accident to Entertainment Weekly in 2016.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This accident is one of many issues faced by self-driving and electric vehicle companies in China, including batteries in electric vehicles catching fire and brake systems failing.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In a state with a significant shortage of primary care providers, that meant many low-income residents who use Planned Parenthood for their health care would be out of luck.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
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Such as participating in games that required social skills mixed in with ingenuity, sprinkled with a dose of luck.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2025
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Research shows that nighttime tornadoes are more than twice as likely to result in fatalities compared to daytime events.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The fire was knocked down at 9:50 p.m. and one civilian fatality was confirmed, while another occupant was accounted for.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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One of the highlights of the Miami Film Festival is the chance to see movies that were made right here in the 305.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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There’s a slight chance Michael could still boogie down the road toward the end of this year for awards season; that isn’t out of the question.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Although Obama’s circumstances as wife to a president are certainly extraordinary, her comments immediately resonated with women across the country because of their universality.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Melodrama gets a bad rap for being too exaggerated, and over-the-top but outrageous circumstances beget heightened emotions.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Its signature hazard is the 60-feet-long bunker placed in the middle of the fairway, about 100 yards from the green.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Yet at least one in three Americans lives in a place where the air is still a health hazard.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Casualty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casualty. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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