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STRANGULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
Example:
no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
Synonyms:
choking; strangling; strangulation; throttling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("strangulation" is a kind of...):
asphyxiation; suffocation (killing by depriving of oxygen)
Derivation:
strangle; strangulate (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
Example:
strangulation of the intestine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("strangulation" is a kind of...):
constriction (the action or process of compressing)
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
Derivation:
strangulate (constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("strangulation" is a kind of...):
disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)
Derivation:
strangle (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)
strangle (die from strangulation)
