strangulation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.

Noun

strangulation (countable and uncountable, plural strangulations)

1. The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
2. The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

Translations

act of strangling

• Catalan: estrangulació f
• Dutch: wurging (nl) f, worging f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀγχόνη f (ankhónē)

• Latin: angor m
• Maori: ronanga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: uduszenie (pl) n
• Spanish: estrangulación (es)
• Swedish: strypning c

Related terms

• strangle
• strangulate

Further reading

• “strangulation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “strangulation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “strangulation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.