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