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   cas·u·al·ty

   /ˈkaZH(o͞o)əltē/

   noun

   • 1. a person killed or injured in a war or accident: "the shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties" Similar victimfatalitymortalitylossMIAdead and injured/woundedmissing in actionmissing
   • ▪ a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation: "the building industry has been one of the casualties of the recession" Similar victimsuffererloserloss
   • ▪ (chiefly in insurance) an accident, mishap, or disaster: "the Insurers acquire all the Policyholder's rights in respect of the casualty which caused the loss"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘chance, a chance occurrence’): from medieval Latin casualitas, from casualis (see casual), on the pattern of words such as penalty.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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