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Definition of "death-roll" []

  • A list of persons killed in a war or other disaster. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "death-roll" in a sentence
  • "I had now on the death-roll three brigade commanders, and the loss of subordinate officers and men was appalling, but their sacrifice had accomplished the desired result; they had not fallen in vain."
  • "The death-roll, including those who fell in the second fight and the final flight, must have numbered two hundred and fifty slain, or thereabouts. 333 Such is the tale of the destruction of the Lacedaemonian mora."
  • "The death-roll amounted to something like fifty hoplites of the Abydenians, and of the rest two hundred."