Search Result:strangulation
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏstræŋgjәˋleʃәn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˏstræŋɡjuˊleiʃәn 〕
Overview of noun strangulation
The noun strangulation has 3 senses
- choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling -- (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused")
- strangulation -- (the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage)
- strangulation -- ((pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine")