unnatural cause

collocation in English

meaningsofunnaturalandcause

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unnatural
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ʌnˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
not ...
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cause
noun
uk
/kɔːz/us
/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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(Definition ofunnaturalandcausefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a very difficult matter for the instruments to know whether that oscillation is due to a natural or to anunnaturalcause.
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Logically, to use his own words, there had to have been anunnaturalcauseof death.
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Motor vehicles, therefore, are probably the greatestunnaturalcauseof badger mortality.
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A mullo is created when a person dies suddenly of someunnaturalcauseor the person did not have proper funeral rites.
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Unnatural causes accounted for 14 % of all deaths in the cohort and for 15 % of the deaths exceeding those expected in the general population.
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Mortality from natural and unnatural causes was higher than expected across all mental disorders.
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I will then develop the metaphysical background concerning natural laws and unnatural causes and this will lead me to outline the modalities supported by natural laws if miracles are possible.
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This, however, has been, if anything, an inclement summer, and therefore the difficulties to which one calls attention are not these due to unnatural causes but, possibly, are more administrative.
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The deceased are buried, with the exception of those who perished due to unnatural causes.
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Several notable music artists died of unnatural causes in the 1980s.
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The stingy boss rents a building for its low rental rate, even though he is aware that people had died from unnatural causes there.
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These were named for young people who died from natural and unnatural causes. 36 contingents have been inducted since 1978.
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At least 12 former residents were found to have died from unnatural causes.
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