death toll

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death toll - the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster

toll, cost, price - value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"

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death toll death n → nombre m de morts

death toll death n → Zahl f der Todesopfer or Toten

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The death toll mounts as Alex becomes more and more determined to get to the bottom of what increasingly looks like some sort of conspiracy, with intimidation of union organizers being just a smokescreen.

Field of Fire by Feit, Gloria / Reviewer's Bookwatch

death toll in the Iraq War was "minute" from a historical perspective.

Empire without ambition by The Progressive

When the two-hour attack ended, 21 ships were damaged or sunk, and the death toll reached 2,403.

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