Select one that is most different in these words : accident disaster purpose, casualty
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ca·su·al·ty | \ ˈka-zhəl-tē , ˈkazh-wəl-, ˈka-zhə-wəl- \
plural casualties
Definition of casualty
1a: a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
The army sustained heavy casualties.
b: a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : VICTIM
the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election
2: serious or fatal accident : DISASTER
losses from fire, storm, or other casualty
— J. S. Seidman
3archaic : CHANCE, FORTUNE
losses that befall them by mere casualty
— Sir Walter Raleigh
Answer:
casualty
Explanation:
because it is slight different from accident disaster purpose