casualty
🇺🇸
/ˈkæʒuəlti/
🇬🇧
/ˈkæʒuəlti/
noun
C1
A person killed or hurt in a war or accident.
The number of road casualties has decreased this year.
C1
A person or thing that suffers or is lost because of an event.
Many local businesses became a casualty of the economic crisis.
C1
The hospital area for urgent treatment of injured people.
The injured were taken straight to casualty for emergency care.
translation
A person killed or hurt in a war or accident.; A person or thing that suffers or is lost because of an event.; The hospital area for urgent treatment of injured people.
Word Forms
Plural
casualties