body count
Total lives lost
Body count is the number of people killed, originally in military contexts: The body count from the airstrike remained unclear.
The term extends to any death toll—from disasters, violence, or horror films.
In contemporary slang, body count means the number of people someone has had sex with: What's your body count?
This sense treats sexual partners as conquests to be tallied.
Losses of life
- deathsPermanent cessations of life
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- killedCaused to die
- woundedHaving sustained harm
injured · survivors · missing · toll · civilian casualties · collateral damage · mass casualty · death toll
Defeated and claimed territories
- hookupsCasual intimate encounters
- sexual partnersPeople one has intercourse with
- notchesV-shaped incisions
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
bragging · dating · exes · flings · one-night stands · reputation · number
Those killed or wounded
- fallenHaving dropped down
- killed in actionDied during combat operations
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
battlefield · engagement · firefight · ambush · operation · mission · skirmish · conflict
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- serial killerRecurring lone murderer
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- victimsThose who suffer harm
forensics · crime scene · autopsy · coroner · investigation · detective · cold case · evidence
fatalities
Losses of life
wounded · injured · survivors · missing · toll · civilian casualties · collateral damage · mass casualty · death toll · unidentified
conquests
Defeated and claimed territories
- hookupsCasual intimate encounters
- sexual partnersPeople one has intercourse with
- notchesV-shaped incisions
score · bragging · dating · exes · flings · one-night stands · reputation · number
casualties
Those killed or wounded
- fallenHaving dropped down
- killed in actionDied during combat operations
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
troops · battlefield · engagement · firefight · ambush · operation · mission · skirmish · conflict · warzone
homicide
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- serial killerRecurring lone murderer
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
victims · forensics · crime scene · autopsy · coroner · investigation · detective · cold case · evidence · perpetrator
tally
Recorded count
confirmed · estimated · official · reported · updated · revised · preliminary · rising · mounting · tracking
- countingcountdown, tally, tallying, headcount, numeral
- horror tropesjump scare, final girl, haunted house, masked killer, slasher
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
- carnagebloodshed, bloodbath, massacre, slaughter, butchery
- media violenceviolent imagery, content warnings, age restrictions, parental controls, V-chip
- counting phrasesone two three, on three, countdown
body countsurvivors
Those still alive after
survival rate · rescued · evacuees · wounded · injured
body countvirginity
Absence of carnal experience
celibacy · abstinence · monogamy · inexperience · chastity
body, count, counter, bodily, counting, recount, counted, accountant, counters