loss of life
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- noun
- Literature
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- The loss of life so far is catastrophic, estimated at 10,000.
- massive loss of life
- great loss of life
- large-scale loss of life
The there was a tremendous loss of life.
- The there was a tremendous loss of life.
- I couldn't bear hearing about senseless gun violence and needless loss of life.
- So for him, for him, the biggest tragedy is not the loss of life.
- And not just the loss of life, but like the loss of possibility.
- That is massive, massive loss of life.
- In terms of numbers, it's the biggest, you know, loss of life incident we've had in modern British history.
- After all, we have faced an ongoing pandemic with loss of life in the United States greater than World War Two.
- And certainly in a death penalty case where there's a loss of life, there is a right to a lawyer.
- It's just, it's, it's, I mean, obvious to say that it's tragic that it results in so much loss of life and well-being.
- And the court here says we're not going to have the death penalty where there's not a loss of life.
- But it was another loss of life, which arguably never needed to happen, but it did.
- It ends in an independent Indonesia, and despite the enormous loss of life and the horrors of the fight, the future, whatever that may hold, is wide open.
Examples
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Beyond the direct costs of injury and loss of life.
Academic text (2009) -
The loss of life was very tragic.
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We have a situation here which could result in massive loss of life in the next 10 minutes.
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The potential for massive loss of life in the creation of new states is high.
Academic text (1992) -
These weather changes have brought loss of life and destruction... to London.
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After all, we have faced an ongoing pandemic with loss of life in the United States greater than World War Two.
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Severe flooding is expected to cause loss of life.
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In terms of numbers, it's the biggest, you know, loss of life incident we've had in modern British history.
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The destruction of Dresden in February 1945, with a huge loss of life, seemed to many to be completely unjustifiable.
Academic text (1993) -
The earthquake resulted in significant loss of life, leaving many families devastated.
Synonyms
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A death caused by an accident, disaster, or violence
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'loss' (the fact of losing something) + 'of' + 'life' straightforwardly yields 'losing life' or deaths, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning. The 'loss of [noun]' pattern is a common, transparent construction in many languages, reinforcing predictability.
Etymology
Loss of life uses a clear image: loss means something is gone and life means a person's life, so a loss of life is when someone has died. So, the phrase is used to talk about the 'death of people', especially after accidents or disasters.