Submitted by The_Food_Scientist t3_z8rs07 in worldnews
Additional_Share_551 t1_iyd4suq wrote
Reply to comment by Yoda--29 in Letter bomb explodes in Ukranian embassy in Madrid by The_Food_Scientist
Modern use, casualty exclusively means dead. No one uses casualty to mean no longer fit for battle
Yoda--29 t1_iyd4wzk wrote
Look up the definition of casualty.
Purple-Quail3319 t1_iye40ed wrote
/r/confidentlyincorrect
coldblade2000 t1_iyd6pc0 wrote
> Modern use,
Not really, like at all. Casualties have always been people injured or killed, not just killed.
KrackasaurusRex t1_iyd5gba wrote
a : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action The army sustained heavy casualties.
b : a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : VICTIM the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election
From Merriam-Webster
Existing_Display1794 t1_iye9ms9 wrote
I was told there would be punch and pie here!?
KrackasaurusRex t1_iye9wm3 wrote
There isn’t any
GalacticCmdr t1_iyetjjj wrote
No cake?
Brian_Lafeve_Jr_ t1_iydeimg wrote
pluralcasualties
1
a
: a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
The army sustained heavy casualties.
b
: a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : VICTIM
the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election
2
: serious or fatal accident : DISASTER
losses from fire, storm, or other casualty J. S. Seidman
3
archaic : CHANCE, FORTUNE
losses that befall them by mere casualty Sir Walter Raleigh
Lucavii t1_iyeffkz wrote
What? Bruh, people die a lot less in the military now than in the past. It means both but we actually get MORE use of the word describing injured soldiers than killed ones
Teledildonic t1_iyehqiy wrote
>Modern use, casualty exclusively means dead.
UShouldntSayThat t1_iyel45v wrote
No one ever has used casualty to exclusively mean dead. If you've been listening to news reports that say 80k Russian casualties in the current war and assumed that meant how many are dead, you've been mistaken.
deletable666 t1_iyf29k2 wrote
That is exactly how it is used in the modern context actually. And same with older contexts.
teaklog2 t1_iyfdavu wrote
that is literally just untrue lol
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CrieDeCoeur t1_iydywu9 wrote
It’s almost like the words that make up languages are living things that evolve over time. /s
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