What is the meaning of strangulation?

noun

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