casualty
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casualty
- /ˈkaʒʊ.əlti/ UK
- /ˈkaʒʊlti/ UK
- /ˈkaʒəlti/ UK
- /ˈkæʒu.əlti/ US
- /ˈkæʒəlti/ US
Where it comes from
From casual, from Middle French casuel, from Medieval Latin casualitas and Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”). Originally meaning “a chance event” (compare casual, as in “casual encounter”), it developed a negative meaning as “an unfortunate event”, especially the loss of a person.
noun casualties · casuality
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Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. xx,
The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties.
Similar: fortune
- A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
- Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
- A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
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Clipping of casualty department: the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment.
Similar: A&E, accident and emergency, emergency department, emergency room, emergency, emergency ward, E. R., E.R., ER, casualty department, casualty ward
- An incidental charge or payment.
- Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation. Among recent casualties is the S.B.B.'s branch from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains, just across the French frontier, closed to all traffic at the commencement of the winter service.
- Chance nature; randomness. The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […]
Similar: luck
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: injured party, fatal accident, accident, victim, toll, lost, victimization, loss, dead, death, deceased, emergency, urgency, damage, harm, evacuation
noun
Similar: luck
Translations
Every language
noun person
| Español | baja |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 犠牲者 giseisha |
| 中文 | 傷亡者, 伤亡者 shāngwáng zhě, 死傷者, 死伤者 sǐshāng zhě, 死傷人數, 死伤人数 sǐshāng rénshù |
| हिन्दी | हताहत hatāhat |
| Kiswahili | mhanga |
| Português | baixa |
| Français | victime, blessé |
| Deutsch | Opfer, Verletzter, Verwundeter, Verunglückter, Toter, Gefallener |
| Italiano | ferito |
| Română | mort, victimă |
| Русский | же́ртва žértva, поте́ря potérja, пострада́вший postradávšij |
| עברית | חָלָל ḥalál |
noun an accident, a disaster
| Français | accident |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Unfall, Unglück, Unglücksfall, Kalamität, Desaster |
| Русский | происше́ствие proisšéstvije, несча́стный слу́чай nesčástnyj slúčaj |
noun accident and emergency department of a hospital
| Español | urgencias |
|---|---|
| Português | emergências, urgências, urgência |
| Français | urgences |
| Deutsch | Notaufnahme, Notdienst |
| Ελληνικά | επείγοντα περαστικά epeígonta perastiká, τμήμα επειγόντων περαστικών tmíma epeigónton perastikón |
| Русский | травматология travmatologija |
Talk about this word "casualty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/casualty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. casualty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/casualty "casualty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/casualty.Cite this
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title = {casualty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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