war casualty
Battlefield death toll
A war casualty is a person killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of armed conflict.
The term encompasses both military personnel and civilians: The bombing produced heavy civilian war casualties.
Casualty counts often become contested political terrain, with governments and observers disputing figures.
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- killedCaused to die
- killed in actionDied during combat operations
- war deadMilitary personnel killed fighting
- fallenHaving dropped down
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- deathsnatural death, violent death, sudden death, accidental death, tragic death
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
- expendabledisposable, replaceable, dispensable, expendable, redundant