Thesaurus: strangulation

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1. n. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
2. n. Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
3. n. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
4. n. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
5. n. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
6. 1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled. 2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
7. Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as ofthe throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, ofthe passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases ofhernia.
8. n:100 n. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage n. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid