casualty
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
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Casualty toll from enemy drone attack on Kyiv region rises to 3. #news #uazmi #war #ukraine #russia The number of casualties from an enemy drone attack on Kyiv region has risen to three, the State Emergency Service said.
SO EITHER WAY YOU'RE A CASUALTY.
It's now clear that National Highways' reward for making no effort to achieve its previous casualty reduction targets is to have a target that is not really a target at all - just a requirement to make some kind of ef…
RT @liveandletdev: wake up, you're a casualty in a war.
I think the casualty numbers have been increased. ? bsky.app/profile/kate...
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A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
“SO EITHER WAY YOU'RE A CASUALTY.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's now clear that National Highways' reward for making no effort to achieve its previous casualty reduction targets is to have a target that is not really a target at all - just a requirement to make some kind of effort...for a change. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/05/g...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“RT @liveandletdev: wake up, you're a casualty in a war.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think the casualty numbers have been increased. ? bsky.app/profile/kate...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“. Canada’s Manufacturing Collapse: A Casualty of U.S. Trade Aggression mallickspeaks.com/canadas-manu... .”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
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(proscribed) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own right, but back in the early 1970s, it was…
Casualty means: Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
casualty means: Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Casualty toll from enemy drone attack on Kyiv region rises to 3. #news #uazmi #war #ukraine #russia The number of casualties from an enemy drone attack on Kyiv region has risen to three, the State Emergency Service said.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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