English-Portuguese translations for casualty

• baixa
  Quando afirmou que o futebol é uma alternativa válida à guerra, recordou-me a máxima segundo a qual a primeira baixa na guerra é a verdade. When he said that football is a valid alternative to war I was reminded of the maxim that the first casualty of war is truth.
  Ele é, naturalmente, uma vítima, mas há outra baixa, que é o estado dos direitos humanos e das liberdades do cidadão na UE. He is, of course, a victim, but there is another casualty and that is the state of human rights and civil liberties within the EU.

Definition of casualty

• Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster
• A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence
• A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion
• An incidental charge or payment

Synonyms

• emergency room
• emergency department
• emergency ward
• E. R
• E.R
• casualty ward
• A&E

Related words

• casualty department
• mass casualty incident
• the first casualty when war comes is truth
• war casualty