CASUALTY: CASUALTIES

CASUALTY: CASUALTIES
[N]
FORTUITUM (-I) (N)

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  • casualty — cas‧u‧al‧ty [ˈkæʒuəlti] noun casualties PLURALFORM [countable] 1. a person, project, or company that suffers very badly or goes out of business as a result of something: • The airline is the latest casualty of the recession. • The marketing… …   Financial and business terms

  • Casualty of war — Casualty of war: Military or civilian casualty suffered in war or deployments.ee also;Related terms * Casualty * Collateral damage * Conflict epidemiology * Fragging * Friendly fire;Statistics * Casualties of the 2006 Lebanon War * Casualties of… …   Wikipedia

  • Casualty estimation — is the process of estimating the number of injuries or deaths in a battle or natural disaster that has already occurred. (Casualty prediction is the process of estimating the number of injuries or deaths that might occur in a planned or potential …   Wikipedia

  • Casualty lifting — is the first step of casualty movement, an early aspect of emergency medical care. It is the procedure used to put the casualty (the patient) on a stretcher.Developed emergency services use lifting devices, such as scoop stretchers, that allow… …   Wikipedia

  • Casualty Pot — n: a step in calculating tax liability under Internal Revenue Code section 1231 in which qualified casualty gains and losses are added together to determine if the result is a net loss or net gain compare main pot ◇ Property that qualifies for… …   Law dictionary

  • Casualties — Casualty Cas u*al*ty, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit[ e], LL. casualitas.] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. [1913 Webster] Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Casualty prediction — is the science of predicting the number of deaths or injuries that may result from an epidemic, natural disaster or act of war such as the explosion of a nuclear weapon, chemical weapon or biological weapon. [ [http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb …   Wikipedia

  • Casualty — Cas u*al*ty, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit[ e], LL. casualitas.] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. [1913 Webster] Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. Any injury …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Casualty ward — Casualty Cas u*al*ty, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit[ e], LL. casualitas.] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. [1913 Webster] Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • casualty — ► NOUN (pl. casualties) 1) a person killed or injured in a war or accident. 2) a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation: the firm was one of the casualties of the recession. ORIGIN originally in the sense «a chance occurrence»:… …   English terms dictionary

  • Casualties (disambiguation) — Casualties may refer to:*Casualty (person), a victim of an accident or trauma resulting in injury or death *The Casualties, a New Jersey punk band …   Wikipedia

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