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English term or phrase:	a thousnd cuts
Arabic translation:	الموت البطيء
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English term or phrase: a thousnd cuts

Interviews with Republican and Democratic staffers, past and present, suggest a strategy of death by a thousand cuts. A lot of “mean and petty mischief,” said one.

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الموت البطيء

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_a_thousand_cuts

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الموت البطيء

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death by a thousand cuts

الموت البطيء

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_a_thousand_cuts

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الموت/القتل البطيئ

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Slow slicing, a form of torture and execution originating from Imperial China
Slow slicing (simplified Chinese: 凌迟; traditional Chinese: 凌遲; pinyin: língchí, alternately transliterated Ling Chi or Leng T'che), also translated as the slow process, the lingering death, or death by a thousand cuts (simplified Chinese: 杀千刀; traditional Chinese: 殺千刀), was a form of execution used in China from roughly 900 AD until its abolition in 1905.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_slicing

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Oct 6, 2010 - Changes made by TargamaT:
Edited KOG entry	's old entry - "a thousnd cuts" => "الموت البطيء"

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