someone injured, killed, captured, or missing in a military engagement
person noun (people)
casualties
"chance, accident; incidental charge", from Latin casualis on model of royalty,...
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a serviceman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action | a person who is injured or killed in an accident | a hospital ... (27 of 503 words, 4 definitions, 9 usage examples, pronunciation)
may refer to: Casualty (person), a person who is killed or injured in a war or disaster | Disaster, an event resulting in death, injury, or destruction | The emergency department of a hospital, also known as a Casualty Department or Casualty Ward... (41 of 155 words, 8 definitions)
[archaic] "chance", "fortune" | serious or fatal accident; "disaster" | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or ... (19 of 138 words, 3 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
[countable, plural] someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action | [countable] someone or something that is damaged or suffers ... (23 of 129 words, 3 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a person killed or injured in a war or accident | a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation | [British] the casualty department of a ... (27 of 111 words, 4 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
[military] ; a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, ... | one who is injured or killed in an accident. | any person, group, ... (26 of 106 words, 4 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life. | One injured or killed in an accident | One injured, killed, captured, or ... (23 of 96 words, 4 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
an accident, especially a fatal one | [military] ; a member of the armed forces who is lost to active service through being killed, wounded, captured, ... (25 of 70 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
[obsolete] Chance nature; randomness. | Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. | A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence. | [British]... (38 of 64 words, 4 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war (11 of 33 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening (13 of 47 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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([United States] "emergency room") the part of a hospital where people who are hurt in accidents or suddenly become ill are taken for urgent treatment (25 of 39 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
somebody who has a fatal accident or receives a serious injury | a member of the armed forces who is killed or injured during combat | somebody or ... (26 of 73 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: early 15th century
Origin: "chance, accident; incidental charge", from Latin casualis on model of royalty, penalty, and so on... Casuality had some ... (21 of 52 etymology words)
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense "chance, a chance occurrence"): from medieval Latin casualitas, from casualis (see "casual"), on the ... (20 of 26 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English casuelte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cāsuālitās, chance, accident, from Latin cāsuālis, fortuitous; see "casual".
Origin: Middle English and Old French casuelte from Medieval Latin casualitas: see "casual"
Origin: Latin casuālitas (compare casuality).
First use: 15th century
Origin: Alteration of medieval Latin casualitas "chance" from casualis
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