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.

Examples of death toll in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The overall war death toll in Gaza has passed 73,400 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said in the early hours of Saturday that the death toll had risen to 16. — Volodymyr Yurchuk, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

No official death toll has ever been released, but estimates range from several hundred to thousands, with many more injured. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

The pilot and another passenger were killed in the helicopter crash, bringing the death toll to seven people. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026

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