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Common collocations with casualty in American Collocation

casualty noun

US /ˈkæʒuəlti/

types of casualty

civilian
military

Assaults on occupied villages using artillery would inevitably produce civilian casualties.

many/few

few
heavy
light
many
mass
slight

The village and the main canal bridge were eventually taken with heavy casualties.

serious/less serious

fatal
minor
non-fatal
serious

The largest number of fatal casualties came from the two Halifax heavy bomber squadrons.

types of accident

drink-drive
road
road accident
traffic

Our society will have to continue to accept a high level of road casualties.

types of victim

child
cyclist
motorcyclist
pedestrian

Almost 95 % of all older pedestrian casualties are in built-up areas.

in a war

air-raid
battle
landmine

Battle casualties amounted to 950 in the final six weeks of the campaign.

cause casualties

cause
inflict

They inflicted heavy casualties on the town before withdrawing to their base in the hills.

suffer casualties

incur
suffer
sustain

The division had suffered only light casualties during its time in Normandy.

reduce casualties

avoid
minimize
reduce

The coalition claimed to have done its best to minimize civilian casualties.

remove casualties

airlift
evacuate
recover
rescue

The casualty was evacuated by stretcher and taken to hospital by road ambulance.