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strangulation
/stˌɹæŋɡjəˈleɪʃən/ · 13 letters · 10 distinct letters
- noun
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
- noun
the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
- noun
(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
strangulation of the intestine