death toll

noun

: the number of people who die in an accident, disaster, war, etc.

Three people who were injured in the accident have died, pushing the death toll up to 116.

The virus's death toll is expected to rise.

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Sometimes, officers could risk killing up to five civilians and only rarely did the limit rise to 10 or above, though the actual death toll was sometimes much higher. —

Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 The death toll was disclosed by Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev in a meeting with an Azerbaijani delegation in Aktau, Russian news agency Interfax reported. —

Mariya Gordeyeva, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024 Local authorities previously told Reuters that the death toll exceeded 140. —

Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024 The scale of destruction across the region this year has been horrific, and the death toll staggering. —

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