massive casualties

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandcasualty

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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casualty
noun
uk
/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/us
/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/
a person injured or killed in a serious accident ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandcasualtyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Marine oil spills can cause massive casualties in wildlife populations.
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There will be massive casualties; that fact should be faced.
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My information is that one does not get massive casualties there.
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They did not come home four and a half months later; they came home four and a half years later—those of them who came home—after suffering massive casualties.
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Most of the other major combatants had introduced conscription to replace the massive casualties they were suffering.
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By 1942, the division had suffered massive casualties and losses, forcing it to be withdrawn to rebuild.
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Under these conditions, any sort of advance was impossibly slow and occasioned massive casualties.
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It brings to life long-dead adversaries who did their duty despite massive casualties from artillery, mines and the ravages of dysentery...
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The push of pike would continue until one of the opposing formations collapsed, which would generally lead to massive casualties.
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History records many military operations involving cities, of which a large number degenerated into torturous situations with massive casualties.
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Kang barely escaped with his life but suffered massive casualties.
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The animals suffer massive casualties, but in the end manage to drive the basilisks to death.
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The mission was a disaster, and the force returned twelve days later with massive casualties.
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Pompey suffered massive casualties during the rout.
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