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strangulation
 
Noun strangulation has 3 senses
  1. choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling - the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
    --1 is a kind of suffocation, asphyxiation
    Derived forms: verb strangulate1, verb strangle1
  2. strangulation - the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
    --2 is a kind of     disorder, upset
    Derived forms: verb strangle3, verb strangle5
  3. strangulation - (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"
    --3 is a kind of     constriction
    Derived form: verb strangulate2
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