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death toll en · NOUN

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Meanings

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:

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Translations (32)

fr bilan (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · cmn 死者數 /死者数 (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · da dødstal (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · nb dødstall (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · km ចំនួនអ្នកស្លាប់ (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · es cantidad de muertos (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · he מניין מתים (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · ro bilanț al morților (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · nn dødstal (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · eo mortnombro (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · ja 死者数 (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · fi kuolonuhrien määrä (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · nl dodental (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · cmn 死亡人數 /死亡人数 (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · vi số người chết (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · de Blutzoll (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · ru коли́чество поги́бших (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · fr nombre de morts (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · sv antal döda (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · fi kuolleiden määrä (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · de Zahl der Todesopfer (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · sv dödssiffra (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · ru число́ жертв (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · es cuantía de fallecidos (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · tr ölü sayısı (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · es número de víctimas (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · ja 死亡者数 (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · pl umieralność (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · tl bilang ng namatay (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · th ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · sv dödstal (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident) · ko 사망자 수 (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident)