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- noun Plural form of
casualty . - noun Collective
tally of injuries and fatalities of an event.
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Examples
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One the casualties is the restaurant where the Caesar's salad was born.
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One the casualties is the restaurant where the Caesar's salad was born.
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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.
AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010
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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.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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I believe that culpability for these casualties is very much with Hamas.
Matthew Yglesias » Olmert Claims to Control US Foreign Policy 2009
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The Israelis claimed that 20% of the casualties from the aerial attack were civilians.
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I feel I should point out, that to a certain extent, the low level of casualties is misleading.
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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.
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I believe that culpability for these casualties is very much with Hamas.
Matthew Yglesias » Olmert Claims to Control US Foreign Policy 2009
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And anybody who believes Israeli body counts of “Hamas fighters” vs civilian casualties is an idiot, as well.
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