strangulation
Americannoun
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the act or process of cutting off someone's ability to breathe by squeezing their throat.
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the state of having one's ability to breathe cut off because one's throat is being squeezed.
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Pathology. a state in which a tube in the body is constricted so that fluids cannot flow through it.
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Specialists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife speculate that he may have lost his toes due to umbilical cord strangulation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Smock had testified as an expert on strangulation as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
She said sentencing for non-fatal strangulation is too lenient, and in her case believes it "wasn't enough, justice was not served".
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025
Ohio, where Charlie's Kids is based, in 2020 saw 146 sudden unexpected infant deaths, a classification that includes SIDS, accidental suffocation and strangulation, and other instances in which the cause is undetermined.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023
Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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