Casualty
Casualty noun - A person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed.
Murder victim and casualty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Murder victim" instead a noun "Casualty".
Murder victim
Casualty and murder victim are semantically related. You can use "Casualty" instead a noun phrase "Murder victim".
Both terms in one sentence
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By virtue of the car crash, the corpse in the trunk turn from murder victim into casualty.
Source: Film / Triangle -
Chronically Killed Actor: A big chunk of her guest roles have her die in various ways, most notably in Doctor Who, where her character commits a Heroic Sacrifice, she's the murder victim in "Where The Wild Roses Grow", and she's an earthquake casualty in San Andreas.
Source: Music / Kylie Minogue
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Murder victim and Casualty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/casualty/murder_victim
Casualty & Murder victim. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/casualty/murder_victim>.
Murder victim or Casualty. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/casualty/murder_victim.
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