Antonyms for casualty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kazh-oo-uh l-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæʒ u əl ti

Definition of casualty

Origin : early 15c., "chance, accident; incidental charge," from casual (adj.) on model of royalty, penalty, etc. Casuality had some currency 16c.-17c. but is now obsolete. Meaning "losses in numbers from a military or other troop" is from late 15c. Meaning "an individual killed, wounded, or lost in battle" is from 1844.

noun accident
noun victim

Example sentences :

Their barke receiues seldome or neuer by casualty any wound.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

The first of our casualty lists had been published, and they were terrible.
Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine

It supported me in every casualty and under every misfortune.
Extract from : « Tales Of The Trains » by Charles James Lever

Better a thousand times not expose her friend's cause to such a casualty.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Is every step we take to be marred by some unlooked for casualty?
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

The day following the casualty, those that took to the boat were picked up.
Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

It's like a common sailor that's lost at sea; he's only a "casualty."
Extract from : « Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas » by Rupert Hughes

Yes, the one mentioned in the casualty list was their Jimmy.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

Why, they're still revisin' casualty lists from the summer of 1918.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

There will be a life-insurance division, a casualty division, and so on.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

Synonyms for casualty

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