casualty (noun)
1casualty — noun 1 person killed/injured in a war/an accident ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, high, serious ▪ light, low ▪ pedestrian, road (both BrE) …
2casualty — ► NOUN (pl. casualties) 1) a person killed or injured in a war or accident. 2) a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation: the firm was one of the casualties of the recession. ORIGIN originally in the sense «a chance occurrence»:… …
3casualty — cas‧u‧al‧ty [ˈkæʒuəlti] noun casualties PLURALFORM [countable] 1. a person, project, or company that suffers very badly or goes out of business as a result of something: • The airline is the latest casualty of the recession. • The marketing… …
4casualty — ca·su·al·ty / ka zhəl tē, ka zhə wəl / n pl ties 1: an unfortunate occurrence; esp: a serious and often disastrous accident conversion of property...arising from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other casualty Internal Revenue Code 2: something lost,… …
5casualty — noun 1 (C) someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or battle: First reports of the air crash tell of more than 50 casualties. | heavy casualties (=a lot of people hurt or killed) 2 be a casualty of someone or something that suffers as a… …
6casualty department — or casualty ward noun A hospital department or ward, in which accident and emergency patients are treated • • • Main Entry: ↑casualty …
7casualty ward — casualty department or casualty ward noun A hospital department or ward, in which accident and emergency patients are treated • • • Main Entry: ↑casualty …
8casualty — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. archaic chance, fortune < losses that befall them by mere casualty Sir Walter Raleigh > 2. serious or fatal accident ; disaster 3 …
9casualty — noun /ˈkaʒ(ʊ)əlti/ a) Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. The non necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and… …
10casualty — noun (plural casualties) 1》 a person killed or injured in a war or accident. ↘Brit. the casualty department of a hospital. 2》 (chiefly in insurance) an accident, mishap, or disaster. Origin ME (in the sense chance, a chance occurrence ): from …
