1. The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
   - choking, strangling, throttling 
2. The condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage 
3. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
   "strangulation of the intestine"

Derived forms: strangulations

See also: strangle, strangulate

Type of: asphyxiation, constriction, disorder, suffocation, upset

Encyclopedia: Strangulation

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