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

Though this encounter wasn’t fatal, two bear attacks earlier this month took the death toll to 7 people so far this year, according to official data and local news reports – the highest annual toll since records began in 2006. —Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025

Some may be buried under the rubble, meaning the true death toll could be higher. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025

The scandal has already impeded the effort to hold Israel accountable for the death toll in Gaza; the woman fears that anger at Israel might now lead members of the assembly to discount her story and, instead, side with Khan. —David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025

Meanwhile the death toll of Israel’s ensuing campaign in Gaza has since surpassed 66,000, according to the Associated Press. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025

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