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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit[82], LL. casualitas.] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty. 3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. {Casualty ward}, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident. Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune. | |
