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death toll

death toll noun: the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.

Noun

death toll (plural death tolls)

  1. The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.
    • Food, clothing, bedding, and fire, were supplied in sufficient proportions to maintain life and health; and the three years of severe suffering passed over the cotton districts without any sensible increase of disease, and without increasing the frequency of the death toll.1866, John Watts, The Facts of the Cotton Famine, page 232
    • Fascinated by the fact that the death toll of this singular storm was the fifth highest on record as regards overall effects/death tolls for a natural disaster in the United States in the 20th century […]2011, Angela Mason, Death Rides the Sky: The Story of the 1925 Tri-State Tornado

death toll meaning in Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese

death toll in Tagalog

the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
bilang ng namatay

death toll in Thai

the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต

death toll in Vietnamese

the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
số người chết

Forms of death toll

pluraldeath tolls

Questions about death toll

What does death toll mean?
Death toll means the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.
What is death toll in Tagalog?
Death toll in Tagalog is bilang ng namatay. See Death toll meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is death toll?
Death toll is a noun.
What is the plural of death toll?
The plural of death toll is death tolls.

Words near death toll in the dictionary

  1. death taxes
  2. death threat
  3. death threats
  4. death throe
  5. death throes
  6. death toll
  7. death tolls
  8. Death Trail
  9. death trap
  10. death traps
  11. Death Valley

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