English Dictionary

casualty

/ˈkaʒjʊəlti/

noun

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. / A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

The casualty of the accident was rushed to the hospital.

意味（1）

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties.

意味（2）

A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

意味（3）

(proscribed) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.

意味（4）

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

意味（5）

(Britain) The accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment; a casualty department or emergency room.

意味（6）

An incidental charge or payment.

意味（7）

Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation.

Among recent casualties is the S.B.B.'s branch from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains, just across the French frontier, closed to all traffic at the commencement of the winter service.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.

, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:

, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8: The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […]