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Word: entombment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been and still is a matter of opinion," writes British Author Charles Duff, "whether, if you wish to kill your undesirable, it is better to...flay him until he dies, or hurl him over a precipice; or burn him or drown or suffocate him; or entomb him alive...or asphyxiate him in a lethal chamber, or press him to death or cut off his head; or produce a sort of coma by means of an electric current... For my own part...I have reached the conclusion - that no people can point to a method which is more beautiful and expeditious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: By the Neck Until Dead | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

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