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strangulation

English

  1. 🔊 (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
    “strangulation of the intestine”
  2. 🔊 the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
  3. 🔊 the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
    “no evidence that the choking was done by the accused”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 estrangulamiento strangulation
  2. 🔊 estrangulación strangulation, strangling

Similar words

choking strangling throttling abbreviation abolishment abolition annihilation annulment asphyxia asphyxiation astriction astringency bar barrier beheading blank wall blind alley blind gut block blockade blockage bottleneck burking burning