body count
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of body count
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Safety regulators and investigators are alarmed by the mounting body count associated with what is believed to be a relatively small number of air bags with DTN parts, people familiar with the situation said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Given its overabundance of empty shock humor, the movie seems afraid to be about much of anything except its toy monkey’s prankish body count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
She arrived for breakfast looking elegant in a black-and-white caftan, the picture of an Upper West Side matron, a matron without a sizable body count.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
Officials said the body count could change further as efforts to identify the bodies go on.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
Walowick and Monaco made jokes about the body count, but they ended when Captain Stewart told us that afternoon that we were going out again.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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