Definitions
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- n. Plural form of casualty.
- n. The collective tally of injuries and fatalities of an event.
Examples
“One the casualties is the restaurant where the Caesar's salad was born.”
“To me, it fell before the word casualties, and as long as that remained clear, I would let the rising wave of adrenaline take me where it would.”
“The Israelis claimed that 20% of the casualties from the aerial attack were civilians.”
“I feel I should point out, that to a certain extent, the low level of casualties is misleading.”
“And anybody who believes Israeli body counts of “Hamas fighters” vs civilian casualties is an idiot, as well.”
“I believe that culpability for these casualties is very much with Hamas.”
Matthew Yglesias » Olmert Claims to Control US Foreign Policy
“CCL now joins other Canadian organizations wounded by the axe of far-right ideology: KAIROS, cultural programs and producers, gay rights groups ... the list of casualties is growing by the day.”
“So the argument of needing them to lower casualties is totally false and actually will increase casualties over the long term.”
“A summer of higher casualties is upon us, as U.S. marines and soldiers advance down Taliban ratlines in southern Afghanistan.”
“The violence takes the form of gunfire, which sometimes results in casualties among the Palestinian olive-pickers, destruction of trees, and theft of Palestinian crops.”
The Huffington Post: Sharmine Narwani: Israel's Human Shields and Live Bait
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