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   casualty

   /ˈkaʒjʊəlti/

   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
   • ▪ the department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases. "he went to casualty to have a cut stitched"
   • ▪ (chiefly in insurance) an accident 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 › dictionary › englishCASUALTY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › casualtyCasualty Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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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.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › casualtyCasualty - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   In wartime, you'll hear the word casualty used often for someone killed or injured. But casualty can also refer to deaths or injuries suffered in an accident or some other unfortunate event.

5. 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. Synonyms: fatality, death, loss, wounded More Synonyms of casualty. 2. countable noun.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › casualtyCASUALTY | 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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   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.

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

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   casualty. ( ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ) n, pl -ties. 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.