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Area where one is killed by abrupt, strange force (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squeeze

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'force' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for squeeze that I've seen before include "Press hard, compress" , "Extract by pressing" , "credit crunch?" , "Grip or grasp" , "crowd" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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