- 1. n. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Source: opted
- 2. n. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty. Source: opted
- 3. n. Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Source: opted
- 4. n. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement Source: wordnet
- 5. n. someone injured or killed in an accident Source: wordnet
- 6. n. an accident that causes someone to die Source: wordnet
- 7. n. a decrease of military personnel or equipment Source: wordnet
- 8. 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. Source: webster
- 9. Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, ordesertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to thetreatment of injuries received by accident. Source: adambom
- 10. n:100 n. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement n. someone injured or killed in an accident n. a decrease of military personnel or equipment Source: ecdict
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