death toll
Lives lost total
A death toll is the number of people killed in a particular event—a war, natural disaster, accident, or epidemic: The death toll from the earthquake exceeded ten thousand.
The phrase implies counting is ongoing or recently concluded.
Officials may revise a death toll upward as more bodies are recovered or deaths confirmed.
Losses of life
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- deceasedNo longer living
- perishedCeased living violently
- body countTally of the deceased
mortality · survivors · injured · wounded · missing · identified · unidentified · recovered
Armed struggle between groups
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- battleArmed military engagement
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
soldiers · combatants · bombing · airstrike · shelling · massacre · genocide · ethnic cleansing
Widespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
plague · COVID · influenza · cholera · Ebola · mortality rate · transmission · spread
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
tribute · vigil · funeral · mass grave · identification · forensics · investigation · inquiry
Seismic ground movement
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
wildfire · cyclone · typhoon · landslide · avalanche · volcanic eruption · famine · heatwave
Reckon a total
statistics · estimate · calculation · tabulation · record · registry · enumeration · accounting
fatalities
Losses of life
body count · mortality · survivors · injured · wounded · missing · identified · unidentified · recovered · confirmed
war
Armed struggle between groups
civilian casualties · soldiers · combatants · bombing · airstrike · shelling · massacre · genocide · ethnic cleansing · insurgency
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- contagionDisease spread by contact
infection · plague · COVID · influenza · cholera · Ebola · mortality rate · transmission · spread · wave
mourning
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
remembrance · tribute · vigil · funeral · mass grave · identification · forensics · investigation · inquiry · accountability
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
tornado · wildfire · cyclone · typhoon · landslide · avalanche · volcanic eruption · famine · heatwave · drought
count
Reckon a total
figure · statistics · estimate · calculation · tabulation · record · registry · enumeration · accounting · reckoning
- health statisticsmortality rate, prevalence, case fatality rate, life expectancy, infant mortality
- plague historybubonic plague, pneumonic plague, Yersinia pestis, plague doctor, plague mask
- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, demise
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- disaster newsbreaking news, emergency alerts, disaster relief, rescue operations, evacuation orders
- Black Deathbubonic plague, plague doctors, buboes, Yersinia pestis, fleas