casualties
Victims of conflict
Casualties are people killed, injured, or otherwise lost in war, disaster, or accident.
Military reports distinguish between killed in action and total casualties, which include the wounded, captured, and missing.
The word extends to anything damaged or destroyed by circumstance: Local businesses were casualties of the economic downturn.
A single victim is a casualty: She was a casualty of the restructuring.
Combat engagement area
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- warzoneArea of active fighting
conflict · fatalities · wounded · killed · missing · POW · infantry · fallen
Losses of life
- killedCaused to die
- deceasedNo longer living
- perishedCeased living violently
- slainKilled, often violently
fallen · mortality · toll · body · count · confirmed · reported · mounting
Forceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
- pileupSequential vehicular collision
- derailmentLeaving the intended track
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
victims · injured · fatalities · impact · rollover · head-on · rear-end · sideswipe
Having sustained harm
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- fracturesBreaks in rigid material
- concussionsTraumatic brain injuries from impact
- lacerationsIrregular torn wounds
burns · amputations · triage · hospitalized · critical · stable · treated · survivors
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
warzone · conflict · fatalities · wounded · killed · missing · POW · infantry · fallen · veterans
fatalities
Losses of life
slain · fallen · mortality · toll · body · count · confirmed · reported · mounting · civilian
collision
Forceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
- pileupSequential vehicular collision
- derailmentLeaving the intended track
wreckage · victims · injured · fatalities · impact · rollover · head-on · rear-end · sideswipe · jackknife
wounded
Having sustained harm
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- fracturesBreaks in rigid material
- concussionsTraumatic brain injuries from impact
lacerations · burns · amputations · triage · hospitalized · critical · stable · treated · survivors · rehabilitation
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
tornado · wildfire · avalanche · landslide · typhoon · cyclone · victims · survivors · displaced · missing
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- WWI militarytrenches, ANZAC, trench warfare, Tommies, Western Front
- ANZAC historyANZAC, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, dawn service
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site
- carnagebloodshed, bloodbath, massacre, slaughter, butchery
- battlefield casualtiesDead and wounded combatants
- battle casualtiesTroops killed or wounded
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- war casualtiesDeaths from military conflict
- combat casualtiesMilitary personnel lost fighting