In wartime, you'll hear the word casualty used often for someone killed or injured. But casualty can also refer to deaths or injuries suffered in an accident or some other unfortunate event.
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Noun
a decrease of military personnel or equipment
Noun
an accident that causes someone to die
Noun
someone injured or killed in an accident
Noun
someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
n.
That which comes without design or without being
foreseen; contingency.
n.
Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or
other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
n.
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or
desertion.
Casualty
Losses that befall them by mere casualty.2.
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Usage Examples
I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.
I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'
We've protected thousands of people in Libya we have not seen a single U.S. casualty there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe first casualty when war comes is truth.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.