What is "casualties"

Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl. Casualties. [F. casualit['e], LL. casualitas.]

1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.

   Losses that befall them by mere casualty.
   --Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.

3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.

   Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

   Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.

n. 1 (plural of casualty English)Category:English plurals 2 Collective tally of injuries and fatalities of an event.

Casualties may refer to:

• Casualty (person), a victim of an accident or trauma resulting in injury or death
• The Casualties, a New Jersey punk band