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–noun
the number of soldiers killed in a specific period or in a particular military action: The daily body count increased as the war went on.
Origin:
1965–70
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body count  
n.  A count of individual bodies, such as those of troops killed in combat operations.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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body count

  1. n.
    the total of dead bodies after a battle. : The body count at Hill 49 was three.
  2. n.
    the total number of casualties after some kind of shake-up. : The pink slips are coming out every day. The body count on Monday was twenty-three.
  3. n.
    a count of people present. : The body count was about forty-five at the meeting.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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