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{{quote|''"A master of the Dim-Mak can poke an enemy in a certain spot and they die. It originated in ancient China when early man still had prominent off-switches located around the body, much like a modern lamp. Back then, you could kill a guy by selling him the wrong sized hat."''
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A particularly subtle type of [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], the '''Touch of Death''' allows its practitioner to instantly kill their opponent with extremely minimal force. This can be accomplished either with one touch [[Pressure Point|at a specific point]], or a series of precisely calculated strikes.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'': The martial art of Hokuto Shinken specializes in this, with often ''very'' messy results for the poor bastard on the receiving end.
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* An early issue of [[Grant Morrison|Grant Morrisson's]] [[Animal Man]] featured the tragic "Red Mask" who'd always wanted to fly. In the 50's he touched a [[Magic Meteor|glowing meteor]] hoping it would give him powers; it did but the power was a literal death touch, any person or animal he touched would die. He feels he has no choice but to become a villain, something he's not very successful at. Animal Man runs into him in the midst of a last hurrah, attacking San Diego with lowtech robots he'd won in a poker game. Now elderly, overweight and dying of cancer he throws himself off a building and Animal Man is too late to save him.
* The Touch Of Death is common in the [[Marvel Universe]]. Besides Rogue and Wither, there's Selene the former Black Queen of the Hellfire Club, a mutant with a life draining touch who has lived for millenia thanks to her powers, during which she also became a powerful sorceress. One of her followers, Lois London aka [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Mortis]], constantly emits a disruptive energy field that can induce heart attacks in living creatures. [[X-Force]] member Joshua Foley aka Elixir can use his bio-manipulation abilities to kill people (pretty horribly too). Dark Young Avengers member Melter can, well, melt anything with a touch, and much like Wither, accidentally killed his parents this way.
* ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' villain Deadly Ernest was an example of both this and [[
* In ''[[Batman]]'', the third Clayface, Preston Payne, received the power of melting human flesh into protoplasm with his bare touch. Preston is reluctant to use this ability, but he's wracked with horrible pains and headaches, and his touch momentarily allows him to transfer the sickness to another person. It's been mentioned that he's now on medication to reduce this pain, so any time he feels he ''needs'' to relieve his suffering is psychosomatic.
* In ''[[Green Lantern]]'', a member of the Sinestro Corps, Murr the Melting Man, was an alien scientist mutated in a lab accident into a shambling, mindless being who can melt anything he touches. His teammates make a note to keep their forcefields up when he's around.
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