Antonyms for casualty
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kazh-oo-uh l-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæʒ u əl ti |
Definition of casualty
Origin :- early 15c., "chance, accident; incidental charge," from casual (adj.) on model of royalty, penalty, etc. Casuality had some currency 16c.-17c. but is now obsolete. Meaning "losses in numbers from a military or other troop" is from late 15c. Meaning "an individual killed, wounded, or lost in battle" is from 1844.
- noun accident
- noun victim
- Their barke receiues seldome or neuer by casualty any wound.
- Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
- The first of our casualty lists had been published, and they were terrible.
- Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
- It supported me in every casualty and under every misfortune.
- Extract from : « Tales Of The Trains » by Charles James Lever
- Better a thousand times not expose her friend's cause to such a casualty.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- Is every step we take to be marred by some unlooked for casualty?
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- The day following the casualty, those that took to the boat were picked up.
- Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
- It's like a common sailor that's lost at sea; he's only a "casualty."
- Extract from : « Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas » by Rupert Hughes
- Yes, the one mentioned in the casualty list was their Jimmy.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- Why, they're still revisin' casualty lists from the summer of 1918.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- There will be a life-insurance division, a casualty division, and so on.
- Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
Synonyms for casualty
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