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casualty
Noun
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A casualty is a person who has been hurt, even killed, in an accident, or an act of violence.
The only casualty in the bus crash was an old man who broke his arm.
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The casualty department of a hospital is where people who have been hurt are first taken for medical treatment.
Casualty was crowded with injured people after the accident.
rate
Noun
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Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
rate
Verb
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Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.