casualty · noun
Significados y ejemplos
Una persona herida o fallecida en un accidente, una catástrofe o un conflicto armado.
Emergency teams searched the damaged station for casualties before engineers began assessing the stability of the roof.
The exercise required volunteers to practise helping a casualty without placing themselves in further danger.
Officials declined to give a final casualty figure until every missing passenger had been accounted for.
Several casualties were taken to a nearby hospital, while those with minor injuries received care at the scene.
Formas
- casualty singular
- casualties plural