casualties

cas-u-al-ties · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    People killed or injured in a war, accident, or disaster.

  2. 2.

    People or things harmed or destroyed as an indirect result of something.

Related words

Antonyms: survivors
See also: casualty, fatality, victim, wounded
Synonyms: fatalities, losses, victims, wounded

Etymology

From Medieval Latin casualitas ("chance, accident"), from casualis ("happening by chance"). The plural follows standard English formation.