DEATH TOLL
Dictionary entry overview: What does death toll mean? • DEATH TOLL (noun)
The noun DEATH TOLL has 1 sense:
1. the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
Familiarity information: DEATH TOLL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEATH TOLL (noun)
Meaning:
The number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("death toll" is a kind of...):
cost; price; toll (value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something)
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