strangulation

noun

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

Similar word(s): choking, strangling, throttling

Definition categories: act, asphyxiation, suffocation

2. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

Definition categories: state, disorder, upset

3. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid

- strangulation of the intestine

Definition categories: act, constriction