casualty

casualty
noun
1) (injured person) Verletzte, der/die; (in battle) Verwundete, der/die; (dead person) Tote, der/die
2) (fig.) Opfer, das
3) no art. (hospital department) Unfallstation, die

work in casualty — auf der Unfallstation arbeiten

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['kæʒuəlti]
plural - casualties; noun
(a person who is wounded or killed in a battle, accident etc: There were hundreds of casualties when the factory went on fire.) das Opfer
- academic.ru/96759/casualty_department">casualty department
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cas·ual·ty
[ˈkæʒjuəlti, AM -ʒu:l-]
n
1. (accident victim) [Unfall]opfer nt; (injured person) Verletzte(r) f(m); (dead person) Todesfall m
2. (fig: negative result) Opfer nt
3. no pl BRIT (hospital department) Unfallstation f, Unfallchirurgie f
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['kZjʊltɪ]
n
1) (lit, fig) Opfer nt; (injured also) Verletzte(r) mf; (killed also) Tote(r) mf

were there many casualties? — gab es viele Opfer?; (Mil) gab es hohe Verluste?

2) Notaufnahme f

to go to casualty — in die Notaufnahme gehen

to be in casualty — in der Notaufnahme sein

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casualty [ˈkæʒjʊəltı; -ʒʊ-; US ˈkæʒəltiː] s
1. a) Verunglückte(r) m/f(m), Opfer n:
be a casualty of fig zum Opfer fallen (dat)
b) MIL Verwundete(r) m oder Gefallene(r) m:
casualties Opfer (einer Katastrophe etc), MIL meist Verluste;
there were two serious casualties in the accident bei dem Unfall gab es zwei Schwerverletzte;
casualties were heavy on both sides auf beiden Seiten gab es schwere oder hohe Verluste;
casualty list Verlustliste f
2. auch casualty ward (oder department) Unfallstation f
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noun
1) (injured person) Verletzte, der/die; (in battle) Verwundete, der/die; (dead person) Tote, der/die
2) (fig.) Opfer, das
3) no art. (hospital department) Unfallstation, die

work in casualty — auf der Unfallstation arbeiten

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(department) n.
Notaufnahme f.
Notaufnahmestelle -n (im Krankenhaus) f. n.
Todesopfer n.
Unfall -¨e m.

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