casualty
[ kazh-oo-uhl-tee ]
/ ˈkæʒ u əl ti /
noun, plural cas·u·al·ties.
Military.
- a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.
- casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident.
any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event: Their house was a casualty of the fire.
a serious accident, especially one involving bodily injury or death.
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Origin of casualty
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH casualty
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British Dictionary definitions for casualty
casualty
/ (ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ) /
noun plural -ties
a serviceman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action
a person who is injured or killed in an accident
a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc, are treated
anything that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an accident, etc
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