gnarly, springtime, asphyxiation

Slide Show: A Grande Dame Gets Gnarly

Once known as "Medicare Mountain," Bretton Woods has become a favorite winter destination.

An autopsy on Mary R. Kennedy, whose body was found in a barn behind the family home in Bedford, N.Y., concluded that she had died from asphyxiation by hanging.

Opinionator | Townies

April Is the Gnarliest Month

Surfing in springtime, on the beaches of New York.

Springtime for Bankers

springtime

Line breaks: spring|time

Pronunciation: /ˈsprɪŋtʌɪm/

noun

The season of spring: the sounds of lambing in springtime • figurative he was entering the springtime of lifeMore example sentences

• Freedom from children also means liberation from school-holiday travel - great news, because Greece in the springtime is pure enchantment.
• Met Office forecasters are predicting a dry springtime.
• With springtime dawning once again it's hard not to thinks of parks, gardens and being outdoors in nature.

gnarly
(när'lē)
adj.

1. Gnarled; misshapen.
2. Slang.
   1. Remarkable; outstanding.
   2. Unpleasant; disgusting.

An autopsy revealed the 92-year-old woman died by asphyxiation after being strangled and punched in the head.

CNN.COM

102-year-old woman suspected of killing her 92-year-old neighbor in nursing home

asphyxiate[as・phyx・i・ate]

• 発音記号[æsfíksièit]

[動](他)〈ガスなどが〉…を窒息（死）させる.

━━(自)窒息する.

as・phỳx・i・á・tion

[名][U]

as・phýx・i・à・tor

[名]窒息剤；（二酸化炭素を用いた）消火器.