"death toll" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death tolls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death toll (plural death tolls)
  1. The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident. Categories (topical): Death Translations (the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident): 死亡人數 (Chinese Mandarin), 死亡人数 (sǐwáng rénshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 死者數 (Chinese Mandarin), 死者数 (sǐzhěshù) (Chinese Mandarin), dødstal [neuter] (Danish), dodental [neuter] (Dutch), mortnombro (Esperanto), kuolonuhrien määrä (Finnish), kuolleiden määrä (Finnish), nombre de morts [masculine] (French), bilan [masculine] (French), Blutzoll [masculine] (German), Zahl der Todesopfer [feminine] (German), מניין מתים (minyán metím) [masculine] (Hebrew), 死亡者数 (shibōsha-sū) (alt: しぼうしゃすう) (Japanese), 死者数 (shisha-sū) (alt: ししゃすう) (Japanese), ចំនួនអ្នកស្លាប់ (cɑmnuənʼnɑɑkslap) (Khmer), 사망자 수 (samangja su) (Korean), dødstall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), dødstal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), umieralność [feminine] (Polish), bilanț al morților [neuter] (Romanian), число́ жертв (čisló žertv) [neuter] (Russian), коли́чество поги́бших (kolíčestvo pogíbšix) [neuter] (Russian), número de víctimas [masculine] (Spanish), dödssiffra [common-gender] (Swedish), antal döda [neuter] (Swedish), dödstal [neuter] (Swedish), ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต (Thai), ölü sayısı (Turkish), số người chết (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-death_toll-en-noun-~ayjay1A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "sense": "the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident",
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      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident",
      "word": "ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident",
      "word": "ölü sayısı"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident",
      "word": "số người chết"
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  "word": "death toll"
}

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