Casualty Definition

kăzho͝o-əl-tē
casualties
noun
casualties
An accident, esp. a fatal one.
Webster's New World
A member of the armed forces who is lost to active service through being killed, wounded, captured, interned, sick, or missing.
Webster's New World
Anyone hurt or killed in an accident.
Webster's New World
Losses of personnel resulting from death, injury, etc.
Webster's New World
One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or circumstance.
The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.
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Other Word Forms of Casualty

Noun

Singular:
casualty
Plural:
casualties

Origin of Casualty

  • Middle English casuelte from Old French from Medieval Latin cāsuālitās chance, accident from Latin cāsuālis fortuitous casual

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin casuālitas (compare casuality).

    From Wiktionary

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