casualty

n. injured person, someone who has been killed (as a result of war, natural disaster, accident, etc.); accident

Casualty may refer to:Casualty (person), a person who is killed, or injured, in a war or disasterThe emergency department of a hospital, also known as a casualty departmentCasualty (TV series), a long-running UK television series set in a hospital casualty departmentCasualty insurance, a type of insurance
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Noun
1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
(hypernym) victim
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. someone injured or killed in an accident
(synonym) injured party
(hypernym) victim
3. an accident that causes someone to die
(synonym) fatal accident
(hypernym) fatality, human death
(hyponym) collateral damage
4. a decrease of military personnel or equipment
(hypernym) decrease, lessening, drop-off
(hyponym) damage, equipment casualty
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine

(n.)
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
  

(n.)
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
  

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

1) A fatality, a nonfatal injury, or an occupational illness resulting from railroad operations; 2) A reportable death, injury, or illness arising from the operation of a railroad. Casualties may be classified as either fatal or nonfatal. (FRA2) (FRA3)

See also Accident, Collision, Crash, Derailment, Fatality, Event, Incident, Injury, Personal Casualties terms.