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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.

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   Synonyms for CASUALTY: victim, fatality, prey, loss, martyr, loser, sacrifice, underdog; Antonyms of CASUALTY: winner, victor, gainer, killer, murderer, assassin, injurer, harmer.

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   Synonyms for CASUALTY: accident, mishap, misfortune, calamity, disaster, fatality, contretemps, blow, misadventure, chance, fatal-accident, contingency, injured party, death, mischance, fortuity, hazard, injury.

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   casualty. 1 (noun) in the sense of fatality. Definition. a person who is killed or injured in an accident or war. Troops fired on the demonstrators, causing many casualties. Synonyms. fatality. death. loss.

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to casualty. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of casualty. The earthquake caused many casualties. Synonyms. injured. victim. wounded or dead person. injury. fatality.