Casualty Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

casualty

/ˈkæʒəwəlti/

noun

Britannica Dictionary definition of CASUALTY

1

[count]

:

a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc.

• a low number of casualties
• The army suffered/took/sustained heavy casualties [=many soldiers were killed or wounded] in the town.
• casualty rates [=the number of people wounded or killed each day]

2

[count]

:

a person or thing that is harmed, lost, or destroyed

:

victim

— usually + of

• The tree was a casualty of the high winds.
• The factory was a casualty of the depression.