casualty
noun [C] (BADLY AFFECTED) /ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/Definition
› a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening: She lost her job in 2011, a casualty of the recession. The first casualty of the reorganization will be the bus service, which will be stopped altogether.Experiencing and suffering
(Definition of casualty noun (BADLY AFFECTED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict verb
- affliction noun
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be at/on the receiving end idiom
- cursed adjective (HAVING BAD LUCK)
- depth noun (STRENGTH)
- eaten up with/by sth idiom
- experience verb
- exposure noun (EXPERIENCE)
- fall prey/victim to sth/sb idiom
- firsthand adverb
- nurse verb (FEEL EMOTION)
- practical adjective (EXPERIENCE)
- stricken adjective
- survive verb
- survivor noun
- take/have a knock idiom
- victim noun
Topic:
Experiencing and suffering
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