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casualty

[kazh-oo-uhl-tee]

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noun

plural

casualties

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1. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because their whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.
2. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
one who is injured or killed in an accident.
There were no casualties in the traffic accident.
any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event.
Their house was a casualty of the fire.
a serious accident, especially one involving bodily injury or death.

casualty

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noun

a serviceman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action
a person who is injured or killed in an accident
a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc, are treated
anything that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an accident, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of casualty¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; casual + -ty ²; replacing late Middle English casuelte, equivalent to casuel ( casual ) + -te -ty ²

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The BBC was invited to see a mass casualty simulation, a training exercise for medical staff to prepare them for a major incident.

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While the staff at the temple heard about the crash early on, news of the casualties only came through afterwards and confirmation came from Mr Avaiya's friends.

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Although there have been school shootings here before, they have been far smaller and involved far fewer casualties.

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There has been no official confirmation yet on the number of casualties.

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She has also been affected by another casualty of the cuts - cash transfers.

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