noun (plural casualties)
1 [C] a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident:
road casualties * Both sides had suffered heavy casualties (= many people had been killed).
2 [C] a person that suffers or a thing that is destroyed when sth else takes place:
She became a casualty of the reduction in part-time work (= she lost her job). * Small shops have been a casualty of the recession.
3 [U] (also casualty department, accident and emergency) (all BrE) (AmE emergency room) the part of a hospital where people who need urgent treatment are taken:
The victims were rushed to casualty in an ambulance. * We waited in casualty until a doctor could see us.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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