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.
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The Pompano Beach fatality brings the Brightline death toll to 186 since 2017, with 160 of those deaths in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
The number was later revised down to a death toll down to 46.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Red Cross put the death toll closer to 425,000.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
The coroner confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday that another individual in the pile-up was also pronounced dead, bringing the death toll to eight.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
The number was later revised down to a death toll down to 46.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The Red Cross put the death toll closer to 425,000.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
The coroner confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday that another individual in the pile-up was also pronounced dead, bringing the death toll to eight.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for death toll
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“Death toll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20toll. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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