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== Card Games ==
* In ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'', the "Tim" deck is an old standby, dating back to the very earliest days of the game. A blue player stocks up on Prodigal Sorcerers (and similar cards such as the Zuran Spellcaster to get around the 4-card maximum in tournament play), which all deal one damage when tapped (the name is [[Shout
** And let's not forget the actual card [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=74202 Death of A Thousand Stings], which drains away just the tiniest bit of life but can potentially be reused infinitely.
** [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]] is one way to get past the Circle of Protection cards. There are others, but that one's the most obvious.
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== Real Life ==
* The Grand Canyon, or any other land mass sculpted by water or wind.
* The name "Death of/by a Thousand Cuts" originally referred to a [
** Replacing the knives with bees and bacteria, [
* A (supposedly) favored execution method of [[Emperor Caligula|the original]] [[The Caligula|Caligula]], accompanied by words to the effect of 'Let him feel that he is dying.'
* BEHOLD! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsfY_4vWN5A THE AIRSOFT MINIGUN!] it fires 6mm plastic BBs at 3,000 rounds a minute.
* This can apply to finances as well. While the traditional saying is "penny wise pound foolish", it is possible for one to be cautious with large amounts but fritter away small amounts many times, such that at the end of the month you're wondering where the fuck your money went.
** Case in point, people are cautious about spending $60 on a new game, but every time [[Steam]] has one of their ridonculous sales (weekends, summer, holidays, and sometimes just because) where AAA titles that aren't even a half-year old go for up to 80% off, and you buy them by the truckload thinking "Oh, it's only $10/$5".
* This is a known principle in government, business and management; the best way to kill off an unwanted program is by denying it funding on a incremental basis, or what [[Ronald Reagan]]'s followers referred to as [
* This has been invoked by news analysts to describe Al-Qaeda's strategy against countries like the United States who increase their airport security to extreme measures (such as the giant full-body scanners and thorough pat-downs of every passenger), these measures essentially bleeding away at American wallets and patience.
* The practice of [
* Happened to the [[World War II]] [[Katanas of the Rising Sun|Japanese]] ''Kongo''-class battleship ''[
* A few years ago, emerging superstar boxer Manny Pacquiao faced fading but seemingly still serviceable legend Oscar De La Hoya in a [[David Versus Goliath]] match. Being as De La Hoya was twice Pacquiao's size and possessed a formidable jab and left hook, it was nearly unanimous that De La Hoya would use the jab to control the bout and probably KO Pacquiao with his killer hook. Instead Pacquiao effortlessly crushed De La Hoya, beating him repeatedly for round after round, but not being able to knock out De La Hoya due to the size difference and De La Hoya's iron jaw. During the fight commentator Larry Merchant explicitly referenced this trope, calling the bout "Death by a thousand left hands".
* Army ants embody this trope. Each column comprises well over a million ants. Whenever they run across anything living, the entire column will crawl all over it and bite it until it dies, then rip it to pieces to feed their larvae. There are reports of animals the size of horses being shredded by a single column.
* When you hear someone say "[[Predator|If it can bleed, it can die!]]", that person is likely referring to this trope.
* This can be seen in a less lethal light in [[Professional Wrestling]]--many wrestlers have had their careers ended by the accumulated effects of multiple relatively minor injuries rather than one major injury.
* In boxing, there are three main styles, which are considered to have [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|their own specific strengths and weaknesses.]] [[Lightning Bruiser|In-fighters]] use [[Rapid
* Some criticise Wing Chun as teaching the use of reportedly weaker multi-hit combos rather than supposedly more decisive single blows, all other things equal. A detailed breakdown we will probably stay away from unless a troper with mastery in both WC and a "harder" style can correct this.
* Many predators will tear off flesh of their prey (while the prey is still alive) and follow the prey around until it dies of blood loss. Of course, this is isn't "death by tiny cuts" but more of "death by torn off chunks of flesh."
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