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- noun The number of
dead as a result of awar , naturaldisaster or other incident.
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- noun the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
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kewpid commented on the word death toll
The need to intersperse news reports of tragedies with this ever-escalating number is indescribably macabre.
February 10, 2009
bilby commented on the word death toll
Danger! If I get started here my ranting will shake the walls.
February 10, 2009