Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, the lighter, earthy parts of ore carried off by washing.
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Examples
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The republican party left the middle ground a long time ago and Specter is a causalty of this.
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The MAIN casualty of your assinine war in Iraq was our constitution and YOU are the maggot who facilitated that causalty asswipe
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Speaking of taking credit when causalty is hard to prove – what do you want to bet that any decrease in global temperature over the next 20 years will be attributed to the valiant steps we took to lower CO2 emissions?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » If Causality is Complicated Enough, You Can Take Credit For Anything 2009
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CNN, the New York Times, etc, were falling all over each other to air the latest causalty or to report on the misdeeds of a small group of U.S. soldiers.
Think Progress » Cornyn Joins McCain, Calls for Sending More U.S. Troops to Iraq 2006
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Ontology finally abstracts what is left = = the essence, existence, substance, causalty, etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Is there any point at which this Divine causalty can stop? at which the empire of law ceases? at which the human will is set free?
The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans: Essays and Dissertations 1817-1893 1894
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If Israel (which had been reluctant to deepen the ground offensive because of concerns for high causalty rates in the Israeli army) refuses to obey U.S. imperialism's command -- then,
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it's a causalty estimate from a report that studied the effects of a nuclear war.
Strangelove 2006
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The 100th causalty was Lance Corporal Adam Drane, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment.
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