Casualtynoun
(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
Casualtynoun
Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
Casualtynoun
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
Casualtynoun
(proscribed) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
Casualtynoun
(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
Casualtynoun
(British) The accident and emergency department of a hospital.
Casualtynoun
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Casualtynoun
Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
Casualtynoun
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Casualtynoun
someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
Casualtynoun
someone injured or killed in an accident
Casualtynoun
an accident that causes someone to die
Casualtynoun
a decrease of military personnel or equipment
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a person killed or injured in a war or accident
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a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation
Casualtynoun
the department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases.
Casualtynoun
(chiefly in insurance) an accident or disaster