strangulation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
2. (countable, uncountable) The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

Concepts

strangulation

étranglement

pendaison

Synonymes

choking

strangling

throttling

suffocation

smothering

gripe

hanging

squeeze

tightening

being choked

asphyxia

squeezing the throat

clasp

clench

constriction

garrotte

Traductions

estrangulación

estrangulació

Strangulierung

strangolamento

Strangulation

strozzamento

worging

estrangulamento

estrangulação

στραγγαλισμός

strangulamento

wurging

περίσφιξη

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.