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BODY COUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does body count mean?
• BODY COUNT (noun)
The noun BODY COUNT has 1 sense:
1. a count of troops killed in an operation or time period
Familiarity information: BODY COUNT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A count of troops killed in an operation or time period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
the daily body count increased as the war went on
Hypernyms ("body count" is a kind of...):
count (the total number counted)
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