casualty

[ kazh-oo-uh l-tee ]

/ ˈkæʒ u əl ti /

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.

one who is injured or killed in an accident: There were no casualties in the traffic accident.

any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event: Their house was a casualty of the fire.

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) + -te -ty²

casualty causality

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

Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation |Clifton Truman Daniel |August 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But that era is ending, a casualty of newspaper economics and a changing society.

Who’s Watching Your Statehouse? No One. |Eleanor Clift |July 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The second casualty of the indictment and trial of Olmert is the Kadima party.

Ehud Olmert’s Sentencing Won’t Be a Day of Reckoning for Israel’s Leaders |Alon Ben-Meir |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I wondered what the casualty officers would say to loved ones if they asked to see the ceremony.

How the Dead Come Home From Afghanistan |Nick Willard |May 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

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

RNC Chair Reince Priebus Proclaims A Republican Tsunami Will Sweep Washington In 2014 |Eleanor Clift |March 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The sisters at the Casualty Clearing Station—they understood.

The Glory of the Trenches |Coningsby Dawson
We made our voyage without any casualty, landed our convicts in Hobart Town, and then set forth on our return home.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder |James De Mille
Otherwise, this simple winter casualty may be as serious and painful as a bad burn.

If You're Going to Live in the Country |Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
Several of us were just going out to the traps one afternoon when the casualty occurred.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson
Out of this train fire was opened on those who had already crossed, but no casualty occurred.

Through Shot and Flame |J. D. Kestell.

casualty

/ (ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ) /

a serviceman who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing as a result of enemy action

a person who is injured or killed in an accident

a hospital department in which victims of accidents, violence, etc, are treated

anything that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an accident, etc