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COTTONOCRACY
Etymology
Noun
cottonocracy (plural not attested)
(US, historical) A government dominated by the cotton industry, as in the United States prior to the Civil War.
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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