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Word: Casualty
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘chance, a chance occurrence’): from medieval Latin casualitas, from casualis (see casual), on the pattern of words such as penalty
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkaʒ(j)ʊlti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person killed or injured in a war or accident
Short Definition:person killed or injured
Examples:- the shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties
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