War Reporting Vocabulary

noun a count or total number of casualties, deaths, or injuries in a particular event or situation

• The authorities are still trying to determine the exact body count from the natural disaster.
• I heard that the body count from the accident was higher than initially reported.
• The gang's body count keeps rising as they continue their violent activities.
• The company's layoffs have resulted in a high body count of employees losing their jobs.

noun the surface of the earth, specifically in a military context

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (boots) and another word in the sentence (on)

• The military decided to send more boots on the ground to assist with the humanitarian mission.
• We need to get some boots on the ground to help clean up this mess.
• Let's get our boots on the ground and get this job done!
• In order to truly understand the situation, we need to have boots on the ground to gather firsthand information.