transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-zhəl-tē, ˈkazh-wəl-, ˈka-zhə-wəl- ]
noun
( plural -ties )
Date: 15th century
1. archaic : chance , fortune
losses that befall them by mere casualty — Sir Walter Raleigh
2. : serious or fatal accident : disaster
3.
a. : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
b. : a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : victim
the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election