casualty
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin casuālitas (compare casuality).
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casualty (plural casualties)
- (obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 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 [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, NYRB 2001, vol. 1 p. 327-8:
- 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.
- (UK) The accident and emergency department of a hospital
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