death by...
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used to specify the cause, e.g., death by starvation
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Examples (10)
- The official report cited death by starvation as the primary cause.
- The condemned prisoner faced death by firing squad at dawn.
- The coroner determined the cause was death by asphyxiation.
- It was a tragic case of death by drowning in the local lake.
- Forensic evidence pointed to a slow and painful death by poisoning.
- He narrowly avoided death by electrocution while fixing the faulty wiring.
- The sentence for the traitor was death by hanging.
- The medical examiner ruled the cause of death by blunt force trauma.
- This dessert is so rich they call it "death by chocolate".
- The official verdict in the climbing accident was death by misadventure.