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.
Recent Examples on the Web
With what must be the highest body count of any kitchen tool after knives, mandoline slicers are tools that demand caution, reverence, and respect.
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2025
The evidence paints a disturbing portrait of an elite fighting force acting with impunity and putting body counts above all other benchmarks.
—Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Right before the accident, there is side-talk about watching TV news coverage of the situation in Vietnam, which had yet to escalate to the point where there was a U.S. body count large enough to inspire protests.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Despite several fake-outs, Bad Sisters‘ Season 2 wraps without upping the Garvey family’s body count.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Dec. 2024
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2025
The evidence paints a disturbing portrait of an elite fighting force acting with impunity and putting body counts above all other benchmarks.
—Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Right before the accident, there is side-talk about watching TV news coverage of the situation in Vietnam, which had yet to escalate to the point where there was a U.S. body count large enough to inspire protests.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Despite several fake-outs, Bad Sisters‘ Season 2 wraps without upping the Garvey family’s body count.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Body count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20count. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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