CASUALTIES

Noun

casualties

plural of casualty

Anagrams

• actualises

Source: Wiktionary


CASUALTY

Cas"u*al*ty, n.; pl. Casualties. Etym: [F. casualité, LL. casualitas.]

1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.

3. pl. (Mil. & Naval)

Definition: Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

Syn.

– Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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