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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Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 28 people were killed and 139 wounded over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll since the conflict began last year to 2,574, with 12,001 people wounded.
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Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 50 people in the last day, according to the Associated Press, bringing the health ministry's office death toll in Gaza to over 42,500.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
The death toll has risen to 153 people, with 100 others injured, according to emergency services and the police.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Fox Weather reported over the weekend that the Helene death toll has climbed to more than 250 with 123 deaths in North Carolina, though the state has confirmed only 95 deaths as of Monday.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 50 people in the last day, according to the Associated Press, bringing the health ministry's office death toll in Gaza to over 42,500.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
The death toll has risen to 153 people, with 100 others injured, according to emergency services and the police.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Fox Weather reported over the weekend that the Helene death toll has climbed to more than 250 with 123 deaths in North Carolina, though the state has confirmed only 95 deaths as of Monday.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Death toll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20toll. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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