Below you will find example sentences with "civilian casualties". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Civilian Casualties in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: civilian
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.2 words

Words in this phrase

civilian casualties

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • civilian can mean: A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces. Frequent word
  • casualties can mean: plural of casualty Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and avoid civilian casualties 1× and causing civilian casualties 1× avoid further civilian casualties and to 1× causing heavy civilian casualties for minimal 1× condemnation of civilian casualties is growing 1× extremely high civilian casualties and population 1× eye to civilian casualties paid no 1× infrastructure with civilian casualties being reported 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and international condemnation 1× as clashes continue 1× countries that suffered 1× first israel stands 1× hamas officials all 1× however with southern 1×

Common sentence endings:

causing civilian casualties 2× avoid civilian casualties 1× being civilian casualties 1× blockaded gaza strip 1× casualties is growing 1× catastrophe in gaza 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

israel 7× hamas 5× military 5× avoid 4× areas 3× forces 3× causing 3× bombing 3× heavy 2× densely 2× populated 2× target 2×

Related phrases

civilian population civilian deaths civilian life civilian infrastructure

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around civilian:

civilian population 12× civilian deaths 10× civilian life 8× civilian infrastructure 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

civil wars civil war civil society civil service civil servants civil rights

Just after it in the phrase index:

civilian deaths civilian infrastructure civilian life civilian population clade consists clark county

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

civilian population civilian deaths civilian life civilian infrastructure

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "civilian casualties" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and avoid civilian casualties, and causing civilian casualties, israel, hamas and military stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with civilian population, civilian deaths, civilian life, civilian population, civilian deaths and civilian life, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with civilian casualties

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

And international condemnation of civilian casualties is growing. (8 words)

Countries That Suffered the Most Civilian Casualties in World War II247wallst. (11 words)

First, Israel stands to lose the most from bombing a hospital and causing civilian casualties. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

One look-out man, positioned about a kilometre away, can alert the hiding Maoists about the approaching vehicles and the occupants so that they can target the vehicle carrying security forces and avoid civilian casualties. (35 words)

As clashes continue in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities, heavy gunfire and blasts are happening in the proximity of densely populated residential areas and civilian infrastructure with civilian casualties being reported in various locations. (34 words)

To the south, the Ukrainian military said Russian forces made preparations for an offensive in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, shelling dozens of towns and villages including the city of Kherson, causing civilian casualties. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Most of the civilian casualties, and most of the casualties overall, were caused by the British Army.

As clashes continue in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities, heavy gunfire and blasts are happening in the proximity of densely populated residential areas and civilian infrastructure with civilian casualties being reported in various locations.

Israel Defense Forces soldiers have taken great pains to avoid civilian casualties and target only Hamas terrorists and their facilities, which, unfortunately, are often embedded in civilian neighborhoods.

It also produces tons of collateral damage and couldn’t be employed near civilian areas without causing heavy civilian casualties for minimal military benefit.

This led to significantly fewer civilian casualties associated with previous bombing campaigns, though it has not brought about a complete end to civilian deaths or collateral property damage.

And international condemnation of civilian casualties is growing.

Countries That Suffered the Most Civilian Casualties in World War II247wallst.

First, Israel stands to lose the most from bombing a hospital and causing civilian casualties.

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Hamas officials all but acknowledge the strategy, saying they launched the Oct. 7 attack to provoke a major military response by Israel they expected would produce civilian casualties.

However, with southern residents experiencing prolonged terrorist rampages and witnessing thousands of civilian casualties, concerns about Hizbullah’s missiles have become secondary.

If feasible, it should use any military means to secure their successful release, even at the expense of Palestinian civilian casualties.

In order to get rid of Hamas, Israel is bombing places in Palestine and there ends up being civilian casualties.

Israel insists that it takes steps to avoid civilian casualties, and blames Hamas for embedding itself in densely-populated areas.

Many staff members ended up spending weeks at the hospital without ever going home, as beds were filled with military and civilian casualties of the Russian attack.

One look-out man, positioned about a kilometre away, can alert the hiding Maoists about the approaching vehicles and the occupants so that they can target the vehicle carrying security forces and avoid civilian casualties.

President Biden is doing all he can to balance Israel’s right to defend itself while admonishing Israel to minimize civilian casualties and address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

The aim is to avoid further civilian casualties and to ensure that more humanitarian aid reaches the population in the blockaded Gaza Strip.

The ambassador stated that Washington turned a blind eye to civilian casualties, paid no regard to the concerns of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and shrugged off the objections from its allies.

The Israeli objective of eliminating Hamas’ existential threat may or may not be fully achieved but extremely high civilian casualties and population displacement is upsetting global opinion.

To the south, the Ukrainian military said Russian forces made preparations for an offensive in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, shelling dozens of towns and villages including the city of Kherson, causing civilian casualties.

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