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.

Examples of death toll in a Sentence

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The actual death toll could be much higher, however, as the country remains nearly impossible for observers to enter. —Kate Bartlett, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024

The Gaza Health Ministry reported that the death toll in Gaza Strip has reached 33,634 since Oct. 7, when an attack by Hamas sparked an Israeli siege that devastated the enclave with airstrikes and a ground invasion. —USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024

Public scrutiny over military aid to Israel has mounted in the wake of its war in Gaza following Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7 attack and amid concerns over the rising civilian death toll. —Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024

Even the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has involved billions in U.S. aid, significant attention from U.S. leaders and an enormous death toll of its own, is not appearing in polling as a top issue in the 2024 election. —Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024

While dwarfed by the Palestinian death toll, the losses are nevertheless significant. —Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024

The death toll from Wednesday's 7.4-magnitude quake ticked up slightly from the earlier toll of nine. —Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024

Those accidents only add to the pressure facing Israel in light of the spiraling death toll in Gaza. —Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

The death toll rose after searchers found two more bodies in the mountains, Taiwan's fire department said. —Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024