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Contract killing - a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. Targeted killing – a form of assassination which is carried out by governments against their perceived enemies. See also Extrajudicial killing. Xenocide – the genocide of an entire alien species.
“You’re going to kill me, man,” Floyd said, according to a transcript of Lane's body camera video.
The rack is a torture device that consists of an oblong, rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one, or both, ends, having at one end a fixed bar to which the legs were fastened, and at the other a movable bar to which the hands were tied. The victim's feet are fastened to one roller, and the wrists ...
Toxic gases, by contrast, cause death by other mechanisms, such as competing with oxygen on the cellular level (e.g. carbon monoxide) or directly damaging the respiratory system (e.g. phosgene). Far smaller quantities of these are deadly. Notable examples of asphyxiant gases are methane, [1] nitrogen, argon, helium, butane and propane
However, if one measuring 50-meters-wide and speeding towards Earth at roughly 9 miles per second exploded in the air, it would be rather catastrophic. The probable effect has been likened to just ...
Strangling involves one or several mechanisms that interfere with the normal flow of oxygen into the brain: [3] [4] Compression of the carotid arteries or jugular veins—causing cerebral ischemia. Compression of the laryngopharynx, larynx, or trachea—causing asphyxia. Stimulation of the carotid sinus reflex—causing bradycardia, hypotension ...
An example of traumatic asphyxia is a person who jacks up a car to work on it from below, and is crushed by the vehicle when the jack fails. [7] Constrictor snakes such as boa constrictors kill through slow compressive asphyxia, tightening their coils every time the prey breathes out rather than squeezing forcefully. In cases of an adult co ...
Inhalation of oxygen-deficient or oxygen-free gas not only fails to replenish oxygen used in normal metabolism, but causes the blood passing through the capillaries of the gas exchange regions of the lungs to lose residual oxygen in relation to the concentration difference between the oxygen in the alveolar air and in the blood in the alveolar ...