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.
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As so often happens in war, the enemy remains faceless, its deaths a mere body count.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
How can a story justify that approach to a character whose violence reaches a body count in the millions?
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
As things escalate, Ariel gets stuck in the compound despite all her efforts to leave; the body count increases and a gruesome cat-and-mouse game begins.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
On that day in 2009, the list also included Leila de Lima, the head of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, who had been leading a monthslong investigation into the rising body count in Davao City.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
How can a story justify that approach to a character whose violence reaches a body count in the millions?
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
As things escalate, Ariel gets stuck in the compound despite all her efforts to leave; the body count increases and a gruesome cat-and-mouse game begins.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
On that day in 2009, the list also included Leila de Lima, the head of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, who had been leading a monthslong investigation into the rising body count in Davao City.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Body count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20count. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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