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cas⋅u⋅al⋅ty

  [kazh-oo-uhl-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. Military.
a. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.
b. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
2. one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident.
3. 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.
4. a serious accident, esp. one involving bodily injury or death.
Origin:
1375–1425; casual + -ty 2 ; r. late ME casuelte, equiv. to casuel (see casual ) + -te -ty 2
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ca·su·al·ty   (kāzh'ōō-əl-tē)   
n.   pl. ca·su·al·ties

  1. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.

  2. One injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties.

  3. One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy. Often used in the plural: Battlefield casualties were high.

  4. One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or a circumstance: The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.


[Middle English casuelte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cāsuālitās, chance, accident, from Latin cāsuālis, fortuitous; see casual.]
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Main Entry: ca·su·al·ty
Pronunciation: 'ka-zh&l-tE, 'ka-zh&-w&l-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : an unfortunate occurrence; especially : a serious and often disastrous accident casualty —Internal Revenue Code>
2 : something lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed —see also casualty gain at GAIN casualty loss at LOSS
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Main Entry: ca·su·al·ty
Pronunciation: 'kazh-&l-tE, 'kazh-(&-)w&l-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : a serious or fatal accident
2 : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
3 a : injury or death from accident b : one injured or killed (as by accident)
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