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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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   one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident. 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. casualty.

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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.

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   6 days ago · 1. countable noun. 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. Synonyms: fatality, death, loss, wounded More Synonyms of casualty. 2. countable noun.

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   someone or something that is badly affected by something that happens: The health service has been the biggest casualty of government cuts. casualty noun (HOSPITAL) the part of a hospital where people go when they have been injured or have illnesses so that they can be treated immediately.

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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.

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   May 2, 2024 · 1. countable noun. A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident. Troops fired on the demonstrators causing many casualties. Synonyms: fatality, death, loss, wounded More Synonyms of casualty. 2. countable noun.

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   CASUALTY meaning: 1 : a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc.; 2 : a person or thing that is harmed, lost, or destroyed victim usually + of.