CASUALTY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

casualty

noun

ˈka-zhəl-tē

Definition of casualty

as in victim

a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children

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as in accident

a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships

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as in luck

archaic the uncertain course of events believes finding one's true love is too important a matter to be left to mere casualty

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Recent Examples of casualty Its adaptable architecture supports missions including tactical logistics, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, casualty evacuation, communications support and other mission-critical applications. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 However, anyone craving a smart, multi-layered crime thriller about moral choices, marital trust, the casualties of capitalism, and the divisions of social and class structures should check out the riveting High and Low. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 And in the past 10 years, the 10 highest-casualty mass shootings were committed with assault weapons. — Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 And for those who might further ask, If this is a war, who are the American casualties? — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for casualty

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Noun

The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the victims as 21-year-old Leah Fonte and 21-year-old Shane Hirstius, who were engaged.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has begun notifying victims impacted by a recent data breach of driver’s license and motor vehicle data, but not everyone whose information was stolen will receive an alert.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of victim

Noun

She is accused of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and failing to stop and remain on scene of an accident involving death, the statement said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Major disruptions in game traffic were not anticipated by authorities because of the wide publicity that the accident had received.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of accident

Noun

And, in the case of the continent’s richest man Aliko Dangote, the conflict has proven the old adage that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles star as the down-on-their-luck Dashwood sisters, who are forced to move from their fine family estate into the decidedly more modest Barton Cottage.

— Nicholas DeRenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of luck

Noun

Because the phenomenon typically reaches its greatest strength around December, NOAA says there’s a 75% chance that the current El Niño will exceed the strength of previous events dating back to at least 1950.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
The strongest upper-level forcing will remain northwest of DFW, creating a sharp gradient in rain chances.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of chance

Noun

These circumstances, too, create a perception of the world as unpredictable and may lead people to seek escape via alcohol or other drugs.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
That's why the exact circumstances of that particular infection remain unclear.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of circumstance

Noun

Commonly associated with environmental risk factors such as smoking or exposure to hazards like radon, the rare but aggressively fast-growing condition gets its name from the unusually tiny appearance of its cells.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
And so, of course, there’s always these big hazards in drawing parallels between human, humans and microbes, especially because the language is interpreted in so many different ways by different people.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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