Casualty Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
WEB1. a. : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action. The army sustained heavy casualties. b. : a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : victim. the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election. 2. : serious or fatal accident : disaster.
CASUALTY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
WEBAdd to word list. a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event: The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to …
Ukraine War Casualties Near Half a Million, U.S. Officials Say - The ...
WEBAug. 18, 2023. The total number of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed or wounded since the war in Ukraine began 18 months ago is nearing 500,000, U.S. officials said, a staggering toll as Russia...
The Civilian Casualty Files - The New York Times
WEBDec 18, 2021 · Weapon System Video. The New York Times is making public hundreds of the Pentagon’s confidential assessments of reports of civilian casualties resulting from U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
Counting the Lives Lost as a Result of 9/11 - U.S. News & World …
WEBSep 10, 2021 · National News. News. Home. The Long-Reaching Human Toll of Sept. 11, by the Numbers. Thousands of people died on Sept. 11, 2001. Hundreds of thousands more would die as a result of the wars...
Casualty (person) - Wikipedia
WEBIn civilian usage, a casualty is a person who is killed, wounded or incapacitated by some event; the term is usually used to describe multiple deaths and injuries due to violent incidents or disasters. It is sometimes misunderstood to mean "fatalities", but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.
World War II casualties - Wikipedia
WEBTotal casualties were 668,315 including 299,485 dead, 24,010 missing and 344,820 injured. These figures include the casualties in Tokyo (東京) 97,031 dead, 6,034 missing and 113,923 injured; in Hiroshima (広島) 86,141 dead, 14,394 missing and 46,672 injured, in Nagasaki (長崎) 26,238 dead, 1,947 missing and 41,113 injured.
CASUALTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
WEBAdd to word list. a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event: The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to …
World War I - Casualties, Armistice, Legacy | Britannica
WEBThe casualties suffered by the participants in World War I dwarfed those of previous wars: some 8,500,000 soldiers died as a result of wounds and/or disease. The greatest number of casualties and wounds were inflicted by artillery, followed by small arms, and then by …
CASUALTY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
WEBcasualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion. one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident.
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