STRANGULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strangulation mean? 

• STRANGULATION (noun)
  The noun STRANGULATION has 3 senses:

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

2. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

3. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid

  Familiarity information: STRANGULATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRANGULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

choking; strangling; strangulation; throttling

Context example:

no evidence that the choking was done by the accused

Hypernyms ("strangulation" is a kind of...):

asphyxiation; suffocation (killing by depriving of oxygen)

Derivation:

strangle; strangulate (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("strangulation" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Derivation:

strangle (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)

strangle (die from strangulation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

strangulation of the intestine

Hypernyms ("strangulation" is a kind of...):

constriction (the action or process of compressing)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Derivation:

strangulate (constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air)

 Context examples 

Then came pain and strangulation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)