casualty · noun
Sens et exemples
Une personne blessée ou tuée lors d’un accident, d’une catastrophe ou d’un conflit armé.
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.
Formes
- casualty singular
- casualties plural