casualty

noun8

1. •
   A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
2. •
   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. — 1962
3. •
   (nonstandard) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
4. •
   A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
5. •
   (UK) Clipping of casualty department: the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment.
6. •
   Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

   • The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties. — 1756
7. •
   An incidental charge or payment.
8. •
   (no longer used) 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 […] — 2001