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death toll

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: price, cost, toll

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 死亡人數 /死亡人数 (sǐwáng rénshù) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死者數 /死者数 (sǐzhěshù) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Danish: dødstal — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Dutch: dodental — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Esperanto: mortnombro — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Finnish: kuolonuhrien määrä — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Finnish: kuolleiden määrä — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • French: nombre de morts — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • French: bilan — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • German: Blutzoll — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • German: Zahl der Todesopfer — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Hebrew: מניין מתים (minyán metím) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Japanese: 死亡者数 (shibōsha-sū) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Japanese: 死者数 (shisha-sū) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Khmer: ចំនួនអ្នកស្លាប់ (cɑmnuənʼnɑɑkslap) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Korean: 사망자 수 (samangja su) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dødstall — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dødstal — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Polish: umieralność — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Romanian: bilanț al morților — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Russian: число́ жертв (čisló žertv) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Russian: коли́чество поги́бших (kolíčestvo pogíbšix) — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Spanish: número de víctimas — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Spanish: cantidad de muertos — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Spanish: cuantía de fallecidos — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Swedish: dödssiffra — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Swedish: antal döda — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Swedish: dödstal — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Tagalog: bilang ng namatay — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Thai: ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Turkish: ölü sayısı — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
  • Vietnamese: số người chết — the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident