casualties

Meaning

of Casualty

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

loss tol mortality toll casualty fatality victim body count

Phrases with the word

any casualties number of casualties fatalities and casualties mortal casualties acceptable casualties civilian casualties

Examples

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. John Irving

I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind. George C. Marshall

I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror. Alberto Gonzales

Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human. Ai Weiwei

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides. Iain Banks

I'm getting a little fed up with hearing about, oh, civilian casualties. I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. Ann Coulter