Main Entry: ca·su·al·ty

Pronunciation: \ˈkazh-əl-tē, ˈkazh-(ə-)wəl-\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ca·su·al·ties

1 : a serious or fatal accident
2 : a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
3 a : injury or death from accident b : one injured or killed (as by accident)