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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.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCASUALTY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     CASUALTY meaning: 1. a person injured or killed in a serious...

   • Casualty: Norwegian Translation

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   • Casualty: Czech Translation

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   • Casualty: Thai Translation

     CASUALTY translate: จำนวนคนตายหรือได้รับบาดเจ็บ. Learn more...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     CASUALTY translate: thương vong. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Casualty in German

     CASUALTY translate: das Opfer. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Simplified

     CASUALTY translate: 受伤的, （严重事故或战争中的）伤亡人员, 受到严重影响的,...

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.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcasualty noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of casualty noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   A casualty is a person or thing that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event, especially a military or accidental one. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of casualty from Dictionary.com.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCASUALTIES definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Casualties are the losses of people or things due to any cause, such as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion. Learn how to use the word casualties in sentences and see its synonyms and pronunciation.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCASUALTY 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.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of casualty – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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