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  Words related to strangulation

Related / Similar Words: choking, strangling, throttling

 

Definition:
  • the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused";
  • (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine";
  • the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage;

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    Derivational Morphology: strangle, strangulate, throttle, choke, scrag

     

     
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