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  1. 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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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mass casualty in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mass casualty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of mass casualty in a Sentence

  1. Director General Parker:

    A group of core al Qaeda terrorists in Syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the West.

  2. Leonardo Alonso:

    The ICUs, the hospitals are all on a near what we call mass casualty incident. They’re almost at protocols where they’re overflowing.

  3. Army Cpt .:

    Before patient arrival, test participants with the 44th Medical Brigade studied patient information on the Medical Hands-free Unified Broadcast device. ( Ashley Force, U.S. Army) Testing of the device has been taking place at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory( USAARL) in Fort Rucker, Ala. The test, which examined how field hospital staff used the device, involved mass casualty simulations with mannequinsmocked up to look like combat victims with gunshot wounds, burns and amputations. The so-called golden hour for battlefield medical treatment is a cornerstone of U.S. military medicine. The term refers to the all-important 60 minutes following a battlefield wound and the critical importance of swift, effective medical care. MARINES 3D-PRINT CONCRETE BARRACKS IN JUST 40 HOURS Anything that helps speed up treatment could prove key to saving lives. For some patients, the Golden Hour is ultimately too long, these patients need to be treated within minutes.

  4. Chief Robert Luna:

    Suspect Montoya had clear plans, intent, and the means to carry out an act of violence that may have resulted in a mass-casualty incident.

  5. Max Abrahms:

    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.


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