body count
noun
1
: a count of the bodies of killed enemy soldiers
2
: the number of persons involved in a particular activity
Examples of body count in a Sentence
The rising body count fueled opposition to the war.
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But the fears that the world had initially held about intervention in Libya -- that the state would fragment, that the body count would rise, and that the government would ruthlessly repress its people -- are now being realized hundreds of miles away.
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David Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2013
His tantrums are legendary, and with a body count of about 25, Finn Wittrock's Dandy was easily the show's most prolific killer until James March (Evan Peters) in Hotel.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Nine months later, Ovidio was briefly arrested in Mexico, then handed back to the cartel in a bloody battle between the cartel and Mexican authorities that claimed at least 29 lives that October, according to an early body count by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
Slavish attention to body counts tends to confuse tactical and strategic success and ignore the key measures that would show whether the strategic power of the opponent is growing even as the group’s immediate losses mount.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2024
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David Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2013
His tantrums are legendary, and with a body count of about 25, Finn Wittrock's Dandy was easily the show's most prolific killer until James March (Evan Peters) in Hotel.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Nine months later, Ovidio was briefly arrested in Mexico, then handed back to the cartel in a bloody battle between the cartel and Mexican authorities that claimed at least 29 lives that October, according to an early body count by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
Slavish attention to body counts tends to confuse tactical and strategic success and ignore the key measures that would show whether the strategic power of the opponent is growing even as the group’s immediate losses mount.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2024
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“Body count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20count. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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