What does human toll mean?

Question

What does human toll mean?

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Answer 1

A human toll means the total number of deaths that has taken place due to accidents or disasters that occur in a particular period of time. This word is generally used by the journalists.

Answer 2

death count

Answer 3

The amount of human lives it takes to realize/end something.

Example: What does the Human Toll have to be for us to finally end this war?

Answer 4

Usually refers to a death toll.