strangulation

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌstræŋgjəˈleɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act of strangling or the state of being strangled; compression of the neck that obstructs breathing or blood flow to the brain, often causing death.; The suppression, restriction, or stifling of something, such as growth, development, or expression.; In medicine, the constriction of a body part, especially the cutting off of blood supply to a hernia or loop of intestine, leading to tissue death.; In botany, the constriction or girdling of a plant stem or root by another plant, vine, or structure, restricting its growth.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: strangulations

Collocations

death by strangulationmanual strangulationligature strangulationattempted strangulationcause of strangulation

Derivatives

stranglestranglerstrangledstrangling

Synonyms

chokingthrottlingsuffocationasphyxiationgarroting

Commonly confused

suffocation
EN: 'Suffocation' refers broadly to deprivation of oxygen by any means; 'strangulation' specifically involves compression of the neck.
asphyxiation
EN: 'Asphyxiation' is the medical/technical term for oxygen deprivation leading to unconsciousness or death; 'strangulation' is the specific act causing it.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the 'u' after 'g': 'strang-u-lation', not 'stranglation'. Also note the double 'l' is absent—it's one 'l' in 'strangulation'.

💬 Examples

  1. The autopsy revealed that the cause of death was strangulation.

  2. Excessive regulation led to the strangulation of small businesses in the region.

  3. The surgeon performed an emergency operation to relieve the strangulation of the bowel.

  4. The strangulation of the host tree by the fig vine eventually killed it.