Total violent deaths including combatants. Tweets by @iraqbodycount. Iraq Body Count maintains the worldâs largest public database of violent civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion, as well as separate running total which includes combatants. IBC's data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures or records (see About IBC).
If an organization authorizes you to do a specific task, even if you don't work for them directly, you are working under their auspices. Auspices means endorsement. If student volunteers are helping out with disaster relief under the auspices of the Red Cross, they may be registered with the Red Cross or be using their supplies and equipment. The Red Cross is not responsible for them as they would be for their own employees, but they have given the students their blessing.
Meaning: Something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents. Context example: let faith be your cynosure to walk by. Hypernyms (cynosure is a kind of...): counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action) Sense 2