casualty

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

   “1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. xx, The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties.”

2. isim A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
3. isim Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
4. isim A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
5. isim Clipping of casualty department: the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment.
6. isim An incidental charge or payment.
7. isim Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation.

   “Among recent casualties is the S.B.B.'s branch from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains, just across the French frontier, closed to all traffic at the commencement of the winter service.”

8. isim Chance nature; randomness.

   “The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […]”