strangulation
noun
the act or process of cutting off someone's ability to breathe by squeezing their throat.
near-strangulation
-
a word derived from
strangulation.
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Tanzania's Foreign Minister John Malecela warned: "To many of the developing countries, the current high oil prices amount to economic near-strangulation."
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