strangulation

Meaning

  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.

Translations

estrangulació

Strangulierung

στραγγαλισμός

estrangulamento

estrangulação

Strangulation

escanyament

strangulamento

Frequency

C2
Etymology

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

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