the death toll

  • 1death toll — n [C usually singular] the total number of people who die in an accident, war etc ▪ As the unrest continued, the death toll rose . ▪ The official death toll stands at 53 …

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  • 2death toll — death tolls also death toll N COUNT The death toll of an accident, disaster, or war is the number of people who die in it …

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  • 3death toll — noun the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster • Hypernyms: ↑price, ↑cost, ↑toll * * * death toll noun A list of the dead, eg after an accident or a natural disaster • • • Main …

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  • 4death toll — noun (C) the total number of people who die in a particular accident, war etc: As the civil unrest continued, the death toll rose …

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  • 5Death Toll — Theatrical poster Directed by Phenomenon Produced by DMX Dan Garcia …

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  • 6death toll — death ,toll noun count the number of people who are killed on a particular occasion …

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  • 7death toll — ► NOUN ▪ the number of deaths resulting from a particular cause …

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  • 8toll the death knell — sound/toll the death knell to cause an organization, system, or activity to fail or end. The new superstore will sound the death knell for hundreds of small independent shops. (often + for) The closure of the local car factory tolled the death… …

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  • 9death toll — noun The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident. Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated (, April 18, 2006) …

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  • 10List of natural disasters by death toll — A natural disaster is defined as a hazard which occurs naturally, that is a disaster that is not brought about by acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, etc. In order to be …

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