Casualty (person)
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A casualty, as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, ill
British, French and Italian casualties, many wearing slings or medical dressings, during the Second Battle of the Marne (1918). In spite of their injuries, most of them appear cheerful. To maintain morale at home, the government released propaganda photos such as these, showing that even injured troops remained positive and determined.
Death
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Death is the end of life. It is the irreversible cessation of biological functions that sustain a living organism; however, the identification of the moment of death presents certain difficulties. Som
Casualty (person)
…usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, missing, capture or desertion. In military usage, a casualty is a person in service killed in action, killed by disease, diseased…
The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death.
French 16th-/17th-century ivory pendant, Monk and Death, recalling mortality and the certainty of death (Walters Art Museum)
American children smoking in 1910. Tobacco smoking caused an estimated 100 million deaths in the 20th century.
Le Suicidé by Édouard Manet