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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl {Casualties}. [F. casualit['e],
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
casualty
n 1: someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a
military engagement
2: someone injured or killed in an accident [syn: {injured
party}]
3: an accident that causes someone to die [syn: {fatal accident}]
4: a decrease of military personnel or equipment
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