Definitions for casualty

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casualty cas·u·al·ty

Spelling: [kazh-oo-uh l-tee]

IPA: /ˈkæʒ u əl ti/

Casualty is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in casualty (aaclstuy).

Definitions for casualty

noun

1. Military. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
2. one who is injured or killed in an accident:
3. any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event:
4. a serious accident, especially one involving bodily injury or death.

Origin of casualty

1375-1425; casual + -ty²; replacing late Middle English casuelte, equivalent to casuel (see casual) + -

Examples for casualty

But that era is ending, a casualty of newspaper economics and a changing society.

It supported me in every casualty and under every misfortune.

Aside from casualty figures, the books told me very little about what happened to the people.

The first of our casualty lists had been published, and they were terrible.

I wondered what the casualty officers would say to loved ones if they asked to see the ceremony.

Their barke receiues seldome or neuer by casualty any wound.

Better a thousand times not expose her friend's cause to such a casualty.

The second casualty of the indictment and trial of Olmert is the Kadima party.

Is every step we take to be marred by some unlooked for casualty?

The re-positioning on issues that Priebus favored has fallen by the wayside, a casualty of the internal wars within the party.