casualty

casualty is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

[2] Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.

[3] Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

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