Definition of Casualty

1. Noun. Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement.

Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Victim

2. Noun. Someone injured or killed in an accident.
Exact synonyms: Injured Party
Generic synonyms: Victim

3. Noun. An accident that causes someone to die.
Exact synonyms: Fatal Accident
Generic synonyms: Accident, Fatality, Human Death
Specialized synonyms: Collateral Damage

4. Noun. A decrease of military personnel or equipment.

Definition of Casualty

1. n. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.

Definition of Casualty

1. a victim of war or disaster [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Casualty

1. An injury, or the victim of an accident. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Casualty

cast away
cast brace
cast down
cast iron
cast off
cast of characters
cast on
cast out
casual
casually
casualness
casualnesses
casuals
casualties
casualty (current term)
casualty (current term)
Casualty Care Research Center
Casuaridae
Casuariiformes
casuarina
Casuarinaceae
Casuarinales
casuarinas
Casuarina equisetfolia
Casuarius
casuist
casuistic
casuistical
casuistries
casuistry

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