Targeting government officials, the bombings have claimed numerous civilian casualties.

In Melbourne these turned to riots, claiming casualties and at least one fatality.

But there's no doubt this fierce circulation battle is going to claim casualties.

No particular news seemed to account for the broad downturn, though the procession of quarterly earnings reports and company projections again claimed casualties.

The three-year war in Spain, from 1936-39, claimed heavy casualties.

The French took about 700 prisoners, and claimed casualties of 36 killed and 71 wounded.

It is a business burn rate that continues to claim casualties.

Although 1st Platoon had exchanged some fire at a distance with pockets of enemy, they had neither lost nor claimed casualties.

This incident has claimed new human casualties, which we regret.

The bombings, once relatively ineffective, now increasingly claim casualties in the double digits.