casualties

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  1. noun An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
  2. noun One injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties.
  3. noun One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy. Often used in the plural: Battlefield casualties were high.
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  • Among the casualties was a stone-crab boat called the Molly Bell, which was torn from her anchorage and swept up a swollen tidal creek, where she wallowed and sank from sight. —  Hoot
  • Among the casualties was a Singaporean who died and at least 35 foreigners who were injured, including citizens of Australia, Belgium, Britain, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States, according to officials and reporters. —  KWCH - KWCH.com RSS
  • Among the casualties was a Singaporean who died and at least 35 foreigners who were injured, including citizens of Australia, Belgium, —  Lead Stories from AOL
  • Among the casualties were a Singaporean who died and at least 35 foreigners who were injured, including citizens of Australia, Belgium, Britain, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States, according to officials and reporters. —  China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper
  • Among the casualties were a Singaporean who died and at least 35 foreigners who were injured, including partygoers from Australia, Belgium, Britain, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States, according to officials. —  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
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