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casualty

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʒjʊəlti, -zj-/
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Definition of casualty

noun (plural casualties)

  • a person killed or injured in a war or accident:the shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties
  • a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation:the building industry has been one of the casualties of the recession
  • British the casualty department of a hospital: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

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

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