death toll

1. 1.

   the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster

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Questions about death toll

What does death toll mean?

death toll means "the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster".

Is death toll a common word?

death toll is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.