English noun: casualty |
1. | casualty (person) someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement |
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| Broader (hypernym) | victim |
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| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine |
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2. | casualty (person) someone injured or killed in an accident |
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| Synonyms | injured party |
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| Broader (hypernym) | victim |
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3. | casualty (event) an accident that causes someone to die |
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| Synonyms | fatal accident |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accident, fatality, human death |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | collateral damage |
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4. | casualty (event) a decrease of military personnel or equipment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, drop-off, lessening |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | damage, equipment casualty, loss, personnel casualty |
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| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine |
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