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   Cas·u·al·ty

   /ˈkaZH(o͞o)əltē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person killed or injured in a war or accident: "the shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties" Similar victimfatalitymortalitylossMIAdead and injured/woundedmissing in actionmissing
   • ▪ a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation: "the building industry has been one of the casualties of the recession" Similar victimsuffererloserloss
   • ▪ (chiefly in insurance) an accident, mishap, or disaster: "the Insurers acquire all the Policyholder's rights in respect of the casualty which caused the loss"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘chance, a chance occurrence’): from medieval Latin casualitas, from casualis (see casual), on the pattern of words such as penalty.

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   The meaning of CASUALTY is a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action. How to use casualty in a sentence.

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   CASUALTY definition: 1. a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war: 2. a person or thing that suffers as a…. Learn more.

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   CASUALTY meaning: 1. a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war: 2. a person or thing that suffers as a…. Learn more.

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   Casualty definition: a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because their whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.. See examples of CASUALTY used in a sentence.

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   Anyone who loses life or limb, either in the fighting or as a civilian, is called a casualty. You can also use this word figuratively: if a local elementary school loses funding for their art classes and after-school activities, you can say that the students are casualties of budget cuts. Definitions of casualty. noun.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › casualtyCASUALTY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident. Troops fired on demonstrators near the Royal Palace causing many casualties.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › casualtyCasualty - definition of casualty by The Free Dictionary

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   1. (Military) a serviceman or servicewoman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action. 2. a person who is injured or killed in an accident. 3. (Medicine) a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc, are treated. 4. anything that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an accident, etc.