Casualty
Pronunciation: /ˈkæʒəwəltiː/
Casualty (noun)
- a person hurt or killed in an accident or war
- the part of a hospital where emergency cases are treated
- a person or thing affected negatively by a change or event
Examples
- The accident resulted in several casualties.
- Emergency services quickly attended to the casualties.
Common collocations: suffer casualties, heavy casualties, civilian casualties, visit casualty, admit to casualty