Dictionary Check: strangulation

"strangulation" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 19 points

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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