strangulationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌstræŋ.ɡjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌstræŋ.ɡjəˈleɪ.ʃən/the action of killing someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe, or the act of dying in this way:
The post-mortem showed that the boy had died from strangulation.
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
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- lynch
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- poison
- shoot sb down
- slain
- slay
- slaying
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