STRANGULATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

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)