nnoun.actthe act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipeSynset:choking strangling throttling
Examples:- no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
Derivationally Related Form:throttlestranglechokestrangulate
Hypernyms:asphyxiation suffocation
Inherited Hypernyms:chokingsuffocationkillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.statethe condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passageDerivationally Related Form:strangle
Hypernyms:disorder upset
Inherited Hypernyms:strangulationdisorderphysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.act(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluidTopic:pathology
Examples:- strangulation of the intestine
Derivationally Related Form:strangulate
Hypernyms:constriction
Inherited Hypernyms:strangulationconstrictioncompressionpresspushpropulsionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity