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.
Recent Examples on the Web
From there, the body count rises along with political and philosophical implications.
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The Week Us, theweek, 14 May 2024
Writer, star, and director Alice Lowe makes Ruth an empathetic anti-hero worth rooting for, even as the body count climbs.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 10 May 2024
That attack startled the NYPD for its simplicity, brutality and body count.
—Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
Now a different body count—that from COVID-19—is proving to be a horribly good measure of societal performance.
—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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The Week Us, theweek, 14 May 2024
Writer, star, and director Alice Lowe makes Ruth an empathetic anti-hero worth rooting for, even as the body count climbs.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 10 May 2024
That attack startled the NYPD for its simplicity, brutality and body count.
—Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
Now a different body count—that from COVID-19—is proving to be a horribly good measure of societal performance.
—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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“Body count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20count. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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