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death-roll

death-roll

8.4
A list of people killed, often during a war or disaster
  • noun
  • /ˈdɛθ roʊl/
translation icon : lista de fallecidos
  • Estimates place the total death roll at nearly 3,000.

Examples

  • The authorities released the death roll after the natural disaster, identifying all the victims.

  • During the memorial service, the names of the fallen were read aloud from the death roll.

  • In the aftermath of the conflict, the organization compiled a detailed death roll of the casualties.

Synonyms

necrology
vsdeath-roll
9.9

A published list of people who have died with short details about their lives

focuses on people killed in war or disaster rather than all deaths

How Many

mass destruction
  • NSFW
110 4.3
death-roll
8.4
fatality
76 5.7

Surface Forms

death-roll singular
death-rolls plural

Morphology

death-roll = death + roll (transparent) = death + roll

The meaning is directly the combination 'death' + 'roll' = a roll/list of people who have died, which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

Death-roll comes from the two simple parts death and roll, where roll used to mean a long list of names written on a roll of paper, as in roll-call or payroll. So a death-roll is literally a 'list' of people who have died, which is why it names the dead after a disaster.