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Acid attack

An acid attack, also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a violent assault involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill". Perpetrators of these attacks throw corrosive liquids at their victims, usually at their faces, burning…

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Acid attack

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related to Portrayals in media · 73
Acid attack → Academy Award, Acid, American Horror Story Coven, Baron Adelbert Gruner, Bergen, Cecil, Chhapaak, Cordelia Fox's, Daisy, Daisy Midgeley, Daisy's, Daniel Junge, DC Comics, DeMille's, Dirty God, Documentary Short, Dr, English, Gruner, He
related to Role of NGOs · 26
Acid attack → Acid Survivors Foundation, Action Aid, Association, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee's, Blind, Cambodia, Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity, Community Empowerment, Delhi, In Bangladesh, India, Islamabad, Kampala, Kolkata, Many, Mumbai, Nairpokkho, NGOs, Pakistan
related to history · 23
Acid attack → Acids, Again, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Camilla Rybicka, France, Gotha, House, However, India, Koháry, La Vitrioleuse, Much, October, On, Prince Leopold Clement, Saxe-Coburg, Sensationalizing, Similarly, Since
related to Further reading · 22
Acid attack → Acid Attacks, Addressing Acid Attacks, Breaking, CA, Cambodia Archived, Charity, Claire, Dasgupta, Edleson, Encyclopedia, In Renzetti, Interpersonal Violence, ISBN, Jeffrey, November, SAGE Publications, Shamita Das, Silence, The Cambodian Acid Survivors, Thousand Oaks
related to Legislation · 21
Acid attack → Acid Control, Acid Crime Prevention Bill, Act, Amendment, As, Bangladesh, Criminal Law, However, In, In Pakistan, India, Indian Penal Code, Lower House, Many, May, Pakistan, Parliament, Qisas, The New York Times, This
related to Epidemiology · 17
Acid attack → According, Acid, Afghanistan, AfghanistanAustraliaBangladeshBelgiumBulgariaCambodiaChinaHong Kong, Bangladesh, Cambodia, ColombiaFranceGabonGermanyIndiaIndonesiaIranIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaKenyaLaosMexicoMyanmarNepalNigeriaPhilippinesPakistanRussiaSri LankaSwedenSouth AfricaTaiwanTanzaniaThailand…, India, Kenya, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, StatesVietnam, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam
related to United Kingdom · 17
Acid attack → According, After, As, ASTI, Attacks, Cambridgeshire, From, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire, Home Office, Humberside, London, Most, Northumbria, The Offensive Weapons Act, Three, UK
related to Africa · 15
Acid attack → African, As, Cambodia, Disaggregated, High, In, In Uganda, Motivation, Nigeria, Relationship, South Africa, South Asia, Uganda, Ugandan, Unlike
related to Bangladesh · 15
Acid attack → ACA, ACCA, Acid Control Act, Acid Crime Control Act, Additionally, Association, Bangladesh, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers, Furthermore, If, In, Salma Ali, The, The ACCA, US
related to Medical · 11
Acid attack → Acid, Acid Survivors Foundation Uganda, As, Ear, Eating, Eyelids, Inhalation, Scars, Sometimes, The, Though

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Ugandainstance ofMedical underfunding has resulted in very few burn centers available for victims in countries0.80text
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and Cambodiainstance ofMedical underfunding has resulted in very few burn centers available for victims in countries0.80text

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