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Chamoli: Fifteen electrocuted to death near India river

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Chamoli: Fifteen electrocuted to death near India river

Interesting Global [email protected]English • 1 year ago

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The accident took place after an electricity transformer exploded near the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand.

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2•1 year ago
“Electrocuted to death”. . .

Isn’t that just electrocuted?
- BrikoXOPM
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  It’s commonly referred to mean death due to death sentence by electric chair, but by definition it can mean severe injury or death.
  - iamdanno
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    We were taught that you got shocked, unless you died, then you were electrocuted.

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