Casualty

(kăzh′ū-al-tĭ), n. [Fr. casualité, L. Lat. casualitas.]

1. That which comes without design, or without being foreseen; an event inevitable, and not to be guarded against; contingency. “Losses that befall them by mere casualty.” Raleigh.
2. Any injury of the body from accident, whether resulting in death or not; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
3. (Mil.) The diminution of forces by death, discharge, or desertion. Campbell.