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English Dictionary: casualty by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casualty
n
  1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
  2. someone injured or killed in an accident
    Synonym(s): casualty, injured party
  3. an accident that causes someone to die
    Synonym(s): fatal accident, casualty
  4. a decrease of military personnel or equipment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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