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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The pandemic, according to the Pan American Health Organization, killed 675,000 Americans – more than the nation’s death toll in both world wars, the Korean War, and Vietnam War combined.
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Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
The annual death toll of the world’s fourth most common cancer is 350,000.
—Fran Kritz, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
The death toll spiked earlier in the week as a flash flood swept away the entire hamlet of Lang Nu in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai province Tuesday.
—Hau Dinh and David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Surprising Fact Fungal diseases kill 1.5 million each year, a death toll on par with major killers like tuberculosis and more than double that of threats like malaria, HIV and breast cancer.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
The annual death toll of the world’s fourth most common cancer is 350,000.
—Fran Kritz, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
The death toll spiked earlier in the week as a flash flood swept away the entire hamlet of Lang Nu in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai province Tuesday.
—Hau Dinh and David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Surprising Fact Fungal diseases kill 1.5 million each year, a death toll on par with major killers like tuberculosis and more than double that of threats like malaria, HIV and breast cancer.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Death toll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20toll. Accessed 27 Sep. 2024.
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