heavy casualties

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• heavy casualties — many fatalities, many deaths, heavy losses …   English contemporary dictionary

• casualties — n. 1) to inflict casualties on 2) to incur, suffer, take casualties 3) to report casualties 4) heavy, serious; light casualties (to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy) 5) civilian; military; traffic casualties * * * military serious suffer …   Combinatory dictionary

• heavy — heav|y1 W1S1 [ˈhevi] adj comparative heavier superlative heaviest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(amount/degree/severity)¦ 3¦(needing physical effort)¦ 4¦(needing mental effort)¦ 5 heavy going 6 be heavy on something 7 heavy with something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• heavy — heav|y1 [ hevi ] adjective *** ▸ 1 with a lot of weight ▸ 2 many things ▸ 3 with physical effort ▸ 4 showing anger ▸ 5 smell: sweet & strong ▸ 6 not attractive ▸ 7 with a lot of force etc. ▸ 8 uncomfortable or tired ▸ 9 very severe ▸ 10… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• heavy — I UK [ˈhevɪ] / US adjective Word forms heavy : adjective heavy comparative heavier superlative heaviest *** 1) a heavy object weighs a lot She was struggling with a heavy suitcase. Careful – that box is pretty heavy. You should soon be able to… …   English dictionary

• heavy losses — many fatalities, many deaths, heavy casualties …   English contemporary dictionary

• Casualties of the Iraq War — This article is about casualties for the war beginning in 2003. For other wars, see Iraq war (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Heavy Metal (film) — Infobox Film name = Heavy Metal caption = Theatrical release poster. director = Gerald Potterton producer = Leonard Mogel Ivan Reitman writer = Dan Goldberg Len Blum Corny Cole Richard Corben Juan Gimenez Angus McKie Bernie Wrightson starring =… …   Wikipedia

• casualties — fatalities, losses; dead, wounded, dead and wounded, missing in action. 2. victim, sufferer; unfortunate, poor unfortunate, wretch, miserable wretch, poor devil; loser, prey, fortune s fool. 3. accident, mishap, mischance, misfortune,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment — The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment was a Union regiment in the American Civil War. It suffered more casualties in an ill fated charge at the Battle of Petersburg than any Union regiment lost in a single day of combat. It was also the Union… …   Wikipedia

• Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — The decade long War in Afghanistan (2001–present) has caused the deaths of thousands of Afghan civilians directly from insurgent and foreign military action, as well as the deaths of possibly tens of thousands of Afghan civilians indirectly as a… …   Wikipedia