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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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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCASUALTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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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. Definitions of casualty. noun.

4. 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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   3 days ago · Casualty is the part of a hospital where people who have severe injuries or sudden illnesses are taken for emergency treatment.

6. 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.

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   any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event: Their house was a casualty of the fire. a serious accident, especially one involving bodily injury or death.

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

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   a person who suffers or a thing that is destroyed when something else takes place synonym victim She became a casualty of the reduction in part-time work (= she lost her job). Small businesses have been a casualty of the recession. See casualty in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: casualty.