CASUALTY


Meaning of CASUALTY in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.