casualty (n.)

  1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

  2. someone injured or killed in an accident

    [ Syn: injured party ]

  3. an accident that causes someone to die

    [ Syn: fatal accident , fatal accident ]

  4. a decrease of military personnel or equipment

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