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Casualty

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"ualty\, 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.

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

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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