About The Word Casualty
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Casualty
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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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