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CASUALTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A decrease of military personnel or equipment
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("casualty" is a kind of...):
decrease; drop-off; lessening (a change downward)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casualty"):
damage; equipment casualty (loss of military equipment)
loss; personnel casualty (military personnel lost by death or capture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An accident that causes someone to die
Synonyms:
casualty; fatal accident
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("casualty" is a kind of...):
accident (an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury)
fatality; human death (a death resulting from an accident or a disaster)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casualty"):
collateral damage ((euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone injured or killed in an accident
Synonyms:
casualty; injured party
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("casualty" is a kind of...):
victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("casualty" is a kind of...):
victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
