body count
noun
1
: a count of the bodies of killed enemy soldiers
2
: the number of persons involved in a particular activity
Examples of body count in a Sentence
The rising body count fueled opposition to the war.
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Latto doesn’t think fans should take her lyrics about body count that seriously.
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 29 May 2025
By virtue of its basic conceit — after narrowly escaping a disaster with the help of a premonition, a group of people are stalked and killed by Death itself — almost all of these movies end with a high body count and no one making it out alive.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Now, the trio has their own contender for a murder mystery movie list with Another Simple Favor, which once again finds Stephanie and Emily (Lively) embroiled in a mystery that involves an ever-mounting body count.
—EW.com, 7 May 2025
The film delivers even more deliciously nasty surprises along the way as the body count continues to rise.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 29 May 2025
By virtue of its basic conceit — after narrowly escaping a disaster with the help of a premonition, a group of people are stalked and killed by Death itself — almost all of these movies end with a high body count and no one making it out alive.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Now, the trio has their own contender for a murder mystery movie list with Another Simple Favor, which once again finds Stephanie and Emily (Lively) embroiled in a mystery that involves an ever-mounting body count.
—EW.com, 7 May 2025
The film delivers even more deliciously nasty surprises along the way as the body count continues to rise.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body count
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“Body count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20count. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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