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Synonyms for casualty
ˈkæʒ u əl tica·su·al·ty

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. casualty

    An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

    Synonyms:
    accident, adventure, calamity, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

    Antonyms:
    appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

    Preposition:
    The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. casualty

    Synonyms:
    accident, contingency, chance, fortuity, hap, misfortune, occurrence, mischance

    Antonyms:
    appointment, assignment, provision, ordinance, enactment

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. casualtynoun

    someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

    Synonyms:
    fatal accident, injured party

  2. casualty, injured partynoun

    someone injured or killed in an accident

    Synonyms:
    fatal accident, injured party

  3. fatal accident, casualtynoun

    an accident that causes someone to die

    Synonyms:
    fatal accident, injured party

  4. casualtynoun

    a decrease of military personnel or equipment

    Synonyms:
    fatal accident, injured party

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. casualtynoun

    Synonyms:
    chance, fortuity, contingency, hap, unforeseen event

  2. casualtynoun

    Synonyms:
    accident, disaster, misfortune, calamity, mischance, catastrophy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. casualtynoun

    Synonyms:
    accident, calamity, contingency, fortuity

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "casualty":

    victim, casualties, accident, wounded, injured

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2310adventure
#3865accident
#4134disaster
#4175possibility
#4926incident
#5437happening
#5466victim
#7042injured
#7304hazard
#9403occurrence
#10438wounded
#13105casualty
#14434contingency
#15222casualties
#25403hap
#31190misfortune
#34052calamity
#43262mishap
#81876misadventure
#246182mischance

How to use casualty in a sentence?

  1. Alexander Pama:

    There are still no reports of casualty, thank God, initially, we are getting many houses were destroyed, power lines toppled and trees blocking major roads.

  2. Masato Naito:

    For overseas property and casualty insurance M&A, there is a team within our international business division and we have been increasing the number of staff, we also have a different team for overseas life insurance M&A.

  3. Al Capone:

    I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.

  4. Chandra Dev Rai:

    There is chest-deep snow in the area. There is no report of any casualty so far. If the snowfall continues for long the tourists need emergency rescue.

  5. Gordon Chang:

    For China, the truth has always been a casualty.


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