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Read each of the following sentence from the story and tick the word/ phrase that gives the correct meaning for the italicized word/ phrase in the context in which they are used here.
The first casualty came in the form of the suspension of the train halt at Rameswaram station.
Options
target
something destroyed as an indirect result of a particular event or circumstances
victim
Solution
victim
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