subdual
Example Sentences
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The factors included Sutherland’s “excited state,” a recent change in medications he was prescribed at a psychiatric treatment center and the “subdual process” by which deputies removed Sutherland from his cell that day, O’Neal said.
From Seattle Times
Dr. Downs, Ms. Wilson said, ruled the manner of Mr. Sutherland’s death as “undetermined,” stating that he died “as a result of excited state with pharmacotherapeutic effect during subdual process.”
From New York Times
Baker, Hennepin County’s chief medical examiner, said he ruled Floyd’s death was a homicide caused by “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression.”
From Reuters
The county called the cause of his death “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”
From Washington Post
The county medical examiner ruled Floyd‘s death a homicide and said he died of “cardiopulmonary arrest, complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”
From Washington Times
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