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

Still, the agency warned the true death toll is likely much higher as many shipwrecks and disappearances cannot be confirmed and go unrecorded. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

The 2,000-pound bombs have been employed by Israel on hundreds of occasions in Gaza and Lebanon, playing a significant role in the death toll of those conflicts. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

The death toll from the collapse of an informal gold mine in a remote area of Sudan has risen to 82, according to local officials and activists, as rescuers struggled on Wednesday to search for the missing with limited equipment. — Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

But as vaccination rates decline nationally and measles cases rise globally, experts say the death toll from measles may continue to grow in the United States this year and beyond. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

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