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Definitions for mass casualty
mass ca·su·al·ty
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mass casualty
Any large number of casualties produced in a relatively short period of time, usually as the result of a single incident such as a military aircraft accident, hurricane, flood, earthquake, or armed attack that exceeds local logistic support capabilities. See also casualty. (JP4-02)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mass casualty in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mass casualty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of mass casualty in a Sentence
I used to tell my community and my officers that I don’t want to be the best first-responder to a mass-casualty event. I want to prevent that event before it occurs. And that’s what( this bill) will do, this bill gives students, teachers( and others) the tools to recognize the early-warning signs to prevent violence from even entering our school grounds.
The cold truth is that Americans care much more about keeping safe from terrorism than the humanitarian nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan, this means that Americans can tolerate the Taliban even in Kabul so long as it’s not aiding al Qaeda in committing terrorism outside the region. I do not see the U.S. returning to Afghanistan unless there’s another mass casualty attack on the homeland. I hope the Taliban understands this hierarchy of American foreign policy interests.
High profile, mass casualty attacks are a tried and tested method of changing the narrative and deflecting attention away from the problems it is facing, this is done for internal consumption just as much as external.
We are ready for anything from a drunk and disorderly individual all the way up to a mass-casualty incident.
The ICUs, the hospitals are all on a near what we call mass casualty incident. They’re almost at protocols where they’re overflowing.
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- 大量の死傷者Japanese
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