death tollnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈdeθ ˌtəʊl/us/ˈdeθ ˌtoʊl/the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or an accident:
The day after the explosion the death toll had risen to 90.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Death and dying
- be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
- bereave
- bite
- bury
- buy the farm idiom
- deceased
- depart
- done
- drop
- expire
- foot
- gone
- inquest
- loss
- peg
- posthumous
- road kill
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
- the disappeared
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