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Casualty

Casualty Meaning & Definition
Casualty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Casualty?

[n] a decrease of military personnel or equipment
[n] an accident that causes someone to die
[n] someone injured or killed in an accident
[n] someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

Synonyms | Synonyms for Casualty: fatal accident | injured party

Related Terms | Find terms related to Casualty: accident | adventure | blow | body count | calamity | casualties | cataclysm | catastrophe | chance hit | collision | contingency | contingent | contretemps | crack-up | crash | dead | death | disaster | fatal | fatal accident | fatalities | fatality | fluke | fortuity | freak accident | grief | hap | happening | happenstance | hazard | ill hap | injured | long odds | long shot | lucky shot | misadventure | mischance | misfortune | mishap | missing | nasty blow | pileup | prey | shipwreck | shock | smash | smashup | staggering blow | statistic | tragedy | underdog | victim | violent death | wounded | wreck

See Also | accident | damage | decrease | drop-off | equipment casualty | fatality | human death | lessening | loss | personnel casualty | victim

Casualty In Webster's Dictionary

\Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit['e], LL. casualitas.] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty. 3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. {Casualty ward}, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident. Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.

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