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.
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However, his complete lack of body count in Annabelle Comes Home doesn’t speak well of him.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Reports were growing more grim, and the body count was rising.
—Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
There is certainly a body count in some of the more gory selections, like the 1996 cult classic Bound.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
Suicides that would have never been national stories without a body count.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Reports were growing more grim, and the body count was rising.
—Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
There is certainly a body count in some of the more gory selections, like the 1996 cult classic Bound.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
Suicides that would have never been national stories without a body count.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body count
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“Body count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20count. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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