Casualty

Definition: Casualty

Casualty

Noun

1. Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement.

2. Someone injured or killed in an accident.

3. An accident that causes someone to die.

4. A decrease of military personnel or equipment.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "casualty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Etymology: Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, noun; plural Casualties. [French casualit['e], Late Latin casualitas.]. (references)

Medicine

Military

Public Administration

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Casualty

Adversity

Mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub; backset, comedown, setback.

Chance 2

Noun: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate; (necessity); equal chance; lottery; tombola; toss up; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes, sortes Virgilianae.

Eventuality

Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion).

Evil

Disaster, accident, casualty; mishap; (misfortune); bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin; (destruction); adversity.

Killing

Fatal accident, violent death, casualty.

Crosswords: Casualty

I mean, a casualty or two along the way is no big deal, right (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings)

The first casualty of sliding is dignity (Sliders; writing credit: Javier Azpeitia; Margarita Mareo)

He oughta look at a casualty list sometime (Crossfire; writing credit: Sydney Boehm; William P. McGivern)

Hopalong Casualty (1960)

A Casualty of War (1990)

Casualty (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Ohio Casualty Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• United Fire & Casualty Co: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Property and Casualty Insurance in Canada: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• 20th Century Complete Guide to Pearl Harbor: Encyclopedic Coverage of December 7, 1941 ¿ Remarkable Photographs, Oral Histories, Vessel Attack Reports, Casualty Lists, Japanese Force Information, Submerged Cultural Resources, USS Arizona Memorial (reference)

• Casualty of War: A Childhood Remembered (Eastern European Studies, 18) (reference)

• Casualty Report (reference)

• Federal Income Taxation of Property and Casualty Insurance Companies (reference)

• Insurance Commander: How to Sell Property and Casualty Business Insurance (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Annual Statement Cross- Checking Guide For Property And Casualty (reference)

• Bests Insurance Reports - Property Casualty - Regular Service (reference)

• Bests Key Rating And Statistical Guide - Property Casualty Ed (reference)

• Bests Key Rating Guide - Property Casualty Ed - Cd-Rom - Regular Service (reference)

• Casualty Returns (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A party casualty on the Olympic Peninsula Reconnaissance party of John A. Webb. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A soldier comforts a grief-stricken American infantryman whose buddy had been killed in action. In the background, a corpsman methodically fills out casualty forms in the Haktong-ni area, Korea, Aug. 28, 1950. (P.; photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Al Chang)..

STAN, short for "standard man," is a life-like computer-controlled casualty simulator used for training Air Force nurses in a variety of disaster response and wartime skills. (Courtesy photo).

[A casualty arrives by plane at the hospital air strip, Villasis, Luzon, P.I.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Patient lifted onto couch in casualty receiving room by ambulance men. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Robert Bridges, the late Poet Laureate, was once Casualty Physician at Bart's. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Marines aboard USS Honolulu (CL-48) fire a salute during funeral services for a casualty from the sunken USS Helena (CL-50), following the Battle of Kula Gulf. Note Chaplain at right and audio equipment in left center, atop the cruiser's hangar cover. Credit: NAVY.

Sinking at Ulithi, 20 November 1944. The capsized ship's bottom can be seen at the base of the flames, with bow or stern toward the left. NOTE: Identification provided above is provisional. The original caption reads: " Casualty at Iwo Jima -- While the battle raged ashore, a U.S. Tanker goes up in flame and smoke as the result of enemy action." The identity of this ship, if lost at Iwo Jima, is unknown. However, the circumstances seen in the photo appear to be correct for the loss of USS Mississinewa. The presence of many anchored cargo ships and oilers, plus the several fleet tugs and salvage ships, looks more like Ulithi than Iwo Jima. Credit: NAVY.

Maryland Casualty Co. K St. offices of Maryland Casualty Co. Credit: Library of Congress.

Our studies indicate that for every military casualty we get (from the bombing), we cause 50 civilian casualties -- Sen. Mike Gravel, CR [Congressional Record?], 10-5-71. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

During the period shown in the table, the overall market and the property and casualty market increased by more than one-third, but the life insurance market increased by 60 percent. (references)

Economic History

Italy

This result is largely attributable to life insurance, which surpassed for the third consecutive time total casualty insurance premiums and represented almost 59% of the entire Italian insurance business. (references)

Bermuda

However, an independence referendum held in the summer of 1995 was resoundingly defeated, due primarily to division within the UBP and to the boycott called by the opposition PLP. Premier and UBP leader John Swan was the major casualty of the referendum, as he fulfilled his promise to resign should the referendum fail. (references)

Human Rights

Burundi

One international NGO estimated the number to be between 100,000 and 120,000. No credible countrywide casualty figures were available. (references)

Political Economy

ARGENTINA

U.S. insurance companies are active in providing life, property and casualty, and workers compensation insurance. (references)

CANADA

Life insurance companies are not generally allowed to offer other services (except for health, accident and sickness insurance), but may be affiliated with, and distribute the products of, a property and casualty insurer. (references)

Travel

Kuwait

For emergency care, you may access any government hospital casualty (emergency) room. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "casualty": battle casualty ♦ casualty clearing station ♦ casualty department ♦ casualty insurance ♦ casualty list ♦ casualty rate ♦ casualty staging unit ♦ casualty unit ♦ casualty ward ♦ casualty worker ♦ combat casualty ♦ death casualty ♦ equipment casualty ♦ major casualty ♦ operational casualty ♦ personnel casualty ♦ road casualty ♦ unavoidable casualty. Additional references.

Beginning with "casualty": casualty-faking, casualty-figure, casualty-list, casualty-room, casualty-strewn.

Ending with "casualty": property-casualty.

Albanian

viktimë (dupe, prey, sufferer, underdog, victim), i vrarë (dreary, murdered), i plagosur (stricken, wounded), fatkeqësi (accident, adversity, bane, calamity, disaster, distress, doom, evil, fatality, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misery, misfortune, plague, teen, tribulation, woe), aksident (accident, misadventure, smash). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كارثة (blow, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, evil, fatal, fate, grief, holocaust, plague, scourge, shambles), ‏مصاب (scorbutic, sick), ‏قتيل في الحرب, ‏جريح (wounded). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ранен (early, forced, injured, matutinal, rath, rathe, wounded, young, youthful), нещастен случай (accident, misadventure, mischance, mishap), жертва (fall guy, fool, immolation, mug, oblation, offering, patsy, prey, sacrifice, victim), повредена военна кола. (various references)

Chinese 

伤亡 (Casualties). (various references)

Czech

nehoda (accident, incident, misadventure, mishap), neštìstí (accident, affliction, disaster, infelicity, unhappiness, woe). (various references)

Danish

ulykke (accident), tilskadekommen, tilfælde (accidence, accident, affair, case, chance, hazard, matter), skibsulykke (loss), personligt ulykkestilfaelde, offer, forulykkede. (various references)

Dutch

slachtoffer van een ongeval (accident victim), slachtoffer (victim), schadegeval (loss), persoonlijk ongeval, ongeval (accident). (various references)

Farsi 

تلفات (Victim), تصادفات . (various references)

Finnish

uhri (offering, prey, sacrifice, victim), tapaturman uhri (accident victim), onnettomuus (accident, calamity, disaster, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, unhappiness). (various references)

French

victime, accident. (various references)

German

Unfall (accident, crash, mischance, misfortune, misfortunes, mishap, smash). (various references)

Greek 

θύμα (fatality, prey, victim, victim of), απώλεια (bereavement, loss, perdition, wastage), ατύχημα (accident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap). (various references)

Hebrew 

פצוע (bruised, injured, wounded), אב�"�" (loss), � פ�'ע (injured, pained, sore, wounded). (various references)

Hungarian

sebesült (injured, wounded), sérült (injured, traumatic, wounded), sérülés (batter, bruise, damage, hurt, injury, lesion, trauma, traumata, traumatism). (various references)

Indonesian

korban kecelakaan. (various references)

Italian

vittima (prey, victim), incidente (accident, incident, misadventure, mishap, smash). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� 傷者 , 人死に (death), 損耗人�"� , 死者 (deceased), 戦闘� 牲者 , 傷者 (injured person, wounded person), 傷害　 (accident, injury, wound), 傷害 (accident, assault, injury, wound). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ししゃ (branch office, deceased, emissary, envoy, messenger, preview, private showing, test firing), しょうがい (accident, assault, commit suicide, damage, disorder, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstacle, one's lifetime, public relations, wound), しょうしゃ (elegant, exposure, firm, injured person, neat, ourcompany, prosperous person, refined, sentry box, small company, small shrine, trading company, trim, victor, winner, wounded person, young person), そ�"もうじ�"い�", ひとじに (death), ふしょうしゃ, せ�"とうぎせいしゃ. (various references)

Korean 

사� (Accident, Casualties). (various references)

Manx

guintagh (person in pain, racking, venomous, venomous as look). (various references)

Pig Latin

asualtycay.(various references)

Portuguese

acidente (accident, accidental, bump, chance, hit, incident, mishap, smash). (various references)

Romanian

victimã (holocaust, prey, sacrifice, spoil, victim), rãnit (bleeding, injured, stricken), pierderi (losing, loss), persoanã accidentatã, dezastru (calamity, disaster, fatality, scourge), avarie (average, break down, damage, failure, fault, injury, wreck), accidentat (billowy, broken, bumpy, hilly, injured, odd, rough, rugged, troubled, uneven, wounded), accident grav. (various references)

Russian 

раненый (injured, wounded), несчастный случай (accident, misadventure, mischance), жертва (immolation, oblation, prey, sacrifice, victim), авария;жертва, авария (breakdown, crash, damage, emergency, prang, wreck), пострадавшие. (various references)

Scottish

tapag (a casualty, mistake in speaking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ubijen (battle casualty, killed, murdered), ranjenik, ranjen (injured, stricken, wounded), poginuli (fallen), žrtva (offering, patsy, prey, sacrifice, victim). (various references)

Spanish

víctima (fatality, prey, sport, sufferer, underdog, victim). (various references)

Swedish

olycksfall (accident, accidents). (various references)

Turkish

yaralı (injured, scarred, sore, stricken, wounded), kaza (accident, borough, crack up, crash, district, fatality, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, smash, smash up, township, wreck), felâket (affliction, bane, blight, blow, calamity, calvary, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, distress, fatality, fate, harm, hell, hell of, helluva, misfortune, mishap, plague, scathe, scourge, tragedy, undoing), şehit (martyr), ölü (carcass, corpse, dead, deceased, defunct, exanimate, inanimate, late, lifeless, stiff, stone-dead, the dead). (various references)

Ukrainian

убитий (killed), що відбув із строю, катастрофа (accident, calamity, catastrophe, collapse, crash, debacle, smash, wreck), нещасний випадок (accident, mischance), аварія (accident, average, break down, derailment, emergency, smash up, wreck), поранений (case, patient, wounded). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tai hoạ (affliction, blight, calamity, curse, disaster), tai biến (catastrophe), số người mất tích người chết, số người chết, số người bị thương, người bị thương. (various references)

Misspellings

"Casualty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Basualdo, cassolette, casuality, casualt, casulty. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: actual, casual, causal, cutlas.

-3 letters: acyls, asyla, atlas, cauls, clast, clays, cults, lusty, salty, satay, saucy, sault, scaly, scuta, slaty, talas, talcs, talus, yucas.

-4 letters: aals, acta, acts, acyl, alas, alts, casa, cast, cats, caul, cays, clay, cult, cuts, cyst, lacs, lacy, last, lats, lays, lust, salt, saul, scat, scut, slat, slay, stay.

+1 letter: causality.

+3 letters: causatively, caustically, vascularity.

+4 letters: acoustically, auscultatory, autistically, avascularity, calamitously, constabulary, quasicrystal.

+5 letters: agranulocytes, autocatalyses, autocatalysis, dualistically, faunistically, quasicrystals, spectacularly, ultraphysical.