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casualties

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "casualties" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

4 syllables
10 characters
English (US)
4syllables

casualties

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

casualties is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, casualties is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofcasualties

1noun
  • 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.
  • Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
  • A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
  • The accident and emergency department of a hospital.
  • An incidental charge or payment.
  • Chance nature; randomness.
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