casualty

pronunciation

How to pronounce casualty in British English: UK [ˈkæʒuəlti]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
    someone injured or killed in an accident
    an accident that causes someone to die
    a decrease of military personnel or equipment

Word Origin

casualty (n.)
early 15c., "chance, accident; incidental charge," from casual (adj.) on model of royalty, penalty, etc. Casuality had some currency 16c.-17c. but is now obsolete. Meaning "losses in numbers from a military or other troop" is from late 15c. Meaning "an individual killed, wounded, or lost in battle" is from 1844.

Synonym

Example

1. Casualty figures in the embassy district remain unclear .
2. Mf global is the biggest potential u.s. casualty so far .
3. The casualty figure could not be independently verified .
4. The chief casualty of the war to preserve slavery was slavery itself .
5. Pro : there hasn 't been a mass casualty incident in australia since 1996 .

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