casualty
/ˈkæʒuəlti/
noun
- A person who is killed or injured in a war, accident, or disaster.
- The earthquake caused hundreds of casualties.
- The hospital treated the casualties from the car crash.
- During the war, both sides suffered heavy casualties.
- A person or thing that is harmed, destroyed, or lost as a result of an event or situation.
- Many local businesses became casualties of the economic downturn.
- The small bookstore was a casualty of the big chain store opening nearby.
- He was a casualty of the company's budget cuts.
- The emergency department of a hospital (short for 'casualty department').
- He works as a nurse in the casualty unit.
- The waiting room in casualty was full of patients.
- She was rushed to casualty after the accident.
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