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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
death toll
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ If the civil unrest continues, the death toll will rise.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But without the scientists' warnings, the death toll could have been in the hundreds of thousands.
▪ Many expressed disbelief that the death toll was not higher.
▪ Officials estimate the final death toll could reach 35,000.
▪ The fans' deaths brought the death toll to nine in this year's race week.
▪ The final official death toll is 2, 388.
▪ The number of deaths is far higher than for any other form of pollution and rivals the death toll from some cancers.
▪ There were suggestions that the death toll was up to five times higher than officially stated.
Wiktionary
death toll

n. The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.

WordNet
death toll

n. the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster

Wikipedia
Death Toll

Death Toll is a 2008 action film starring DMX, Lou Diamond Phillips, Alec Rayme, Leila Arcieri and Keshia Knight Pulliam, written and produced by Daniel Garcia and directed by Phenomenon. Filming was done in Louisiana in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Usage examples of "death toll".

The Justin death toll hit civilian morale hard, and a lot of other worlds seem convinced there could be an unknown Bug warp point right next door to them, as well.

The death toll from accidental drowning is the highest ever recorded and food is now unavailable in many districts.

What could have been a death toll in the thousands is, at this point, less than four hundred.

In September, as the death toll rose rapidly, Benjamin Rush and other physicians, helpless to stop the plague, advised all who could leave the city to do so without delay.

There was no telling how many of his countrymen had been killed, but Koa was certain that the death toll was high.

And if Primero Harkonnen lost, the death toll would be even higher.

Despite the unbelievable death toll America had sustained as a result of the terror attack in 2001, once the terrorists and the governments supporting them had been defeated, many Americans felt that chapter in history had been put behind them.