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Lingchi, a form of execution. / (figuratively) Gradual decline or failure as the result of many minor mishaps.

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death by a thousand cuts

Source Word

death by a thousand cuts

Noun

countable uncountable figuratively

Lingchi, a form of execution. / (figuratively) Gradual decline or failure as the result of many minor mishaps.

Japanese Meaning

凌遅（りょうち）：肉体を千切りにする処刑方法。 / （比喩的に）小さな失敗や損害が積み重なり、最終的に衰退や破綻に至る状態。

The prisoner was sentenced to a death by a thousand cuts, a brutal form of execution.

その囚人は残酷な処刑方法である凌遅刑を宣告された。

Sense（1）

Lingchi, a form of execution.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) Gradual decline or failure as the result of many minor mishaps.

deaths by a thousand cuts

（ plural ）