Dictionary Check: strangulation
"strangulation" is a valid word!
Scrabble
14
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Words with Friends
19
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Definition
noun
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
Example:
"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
Example:
"strangulation of the intestine"
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