casualties

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casualties - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl. Casualties. [F. casualit['e],
     LL. casualitas.]
     1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen;
        contingency.
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              Losses that befall them by mere casualty. --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or
        other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an
        unhappy casualty.
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     3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds,
        discharge, or desertion.
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     Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the
        treatment of injuries received by accident.
  
     Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.
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