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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 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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   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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   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.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCASUALTY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A casualty is a loss resulting from an accident, or someone who is hurt or killed in an accident.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcasualty noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   casualty. noun. /ˈkæʒuəlti/. /ˈkæʒuəlti/. (plural casualties) [countable] a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident. Our primary objective is reducing road casualties. Both sides had suffered heavy casualties (= many people had been killed). Wordfinder.

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   Definitions of 'casualty' 1. A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident. [...] 2. A casualty of a particular event or situation is a person or a thing that has suffered badly as a result of that event or situation. [...] 3.

10. www.yourdictionary.com › casualtyCasualty Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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    Casualty Definition. An accident, esp. a fatal one. A member of the armed forces who is lost to active service through being killed, wounded, captured, interned, sick, or missing. Anyone hurt or killed in an accident. Losses of personnel resulting from death, injury, etc.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCASUALTY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    CASUALTY meaning: 1. someone who is injured or killed in an accident or war: 2. someone or something that is badly…. Learn more.