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as in fatalities
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children
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as in accidents
a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury
casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships
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as in chances
archaic
the uncertain course of events
believes finding one's true love is too important a matter to be left to mere casualty
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Recent Examples of casualties
The state government, controlled by the army, said 65 people had been killed, and that other casualties had been transferred to nearby Al-Naw Hospital.
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Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The other two fell in open areas, and there were no reports of casualties.
—Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken a new initiative to tackle the country's rapidly declining birth rate in the face of the war with Ukraine, which is estimated to have caused 700,000 casualties.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Moscow's birth rate, in combination with heavy casualties from the war with Ukraine, has resulted in a population decline, and Russia's birth rate hit a new 25-year low in September.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Nearly three years later, Russia has sustained more than 700,000 casualties, according to Western and Ukrainian estimates, with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian fighters thought to be killed and injured.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
This not only improves accuracy, but keeps humans out of dangerous conditions reducing human casualties.
—Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
There were no indications of civilian casualties, CENTCOM added.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
Video from the western part of the city showed multiple casualties after an air strike Saturday.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The other two fell in open areas, and there were no reports of casualties.
—Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken a new initiative to tackle the country's rapidly declining birth rate in the face of the war with Ukraine, which is estimated to have caused 700,000 casualties.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Moscow's birth rate, in combination with heavy casualties from the war with Ukraine, has resulted in a population decline, and Russia's birth rate hit a new 25-year low in September.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Nearly three years later, Russia has sustained more than 700,000 casualties, according to Western and Ukrainian estimates, with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian fighters thought to be killed and injured.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
This not only improves accuracy, but keeps humans out of dangerous conditions reducing human casualties.
—Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
There were no indications of civilian casualties, CENTCOM added.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
Video from the western part of the city showed multiple casualties after an air strike Saturday.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casualties
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Deaths have also risen sharply with over 7,700 fatalities recorded in 2024, marking a more than 200 percent increase from last year's 2,467, according to PAHO, while the virus spread to areas previously free of dengue.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Pedestrian fatalities have increased significantly in recent years, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reporting 7,522 pedestrians killed in 2022.Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
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Organizations that rely on luck to avoid accidents may experience periods of calm, but luck is unpredictable and uncontrollable.Andreza Araujo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Minimize smells by dealing quickly with accidents.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Well, this kind of attack leverages multiple communication platforms with the end result of manipulating victims more effectively than a single channel can do.Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Last month, the Onion gleefully revealed its winning bid for Infowars, which was sued into bankruptcy (as was Jones) after the families of victims in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in Connecticut won a judgment in 2022 against Jones in a defamation suit.Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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That’s pretty darn incredible, and with luck, the ease and processes around buying and selling will only continue to improve.Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Supreme Court could also decide not to review the case, in which case TikTok may be out of luck, according to Gautam Hans, associate director of the First Amendment Clinic and professor at Cornell Law School.Clare Duffy, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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The background explanation is all well and good but irrelevant because the Sony hack isn’t your ordinary circumstances.Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Funny how the tables turn depending on the circumstances.Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Casualties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casualties. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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