strangulation
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]strangulation (countable and uncountable, plural strangulations)
- The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
- 1963 June, “News and Comment: The North-West and the Plan”, in Modern Railways, page 365:
- Road congestion in the Manchester and Liverpool areas has already reached strangulation point and it is regarded as impossible for the roads to handle this displaced traffic; buses already take up to three times as long as the trains to cover the same distance.
- The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act of strangling
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Further reading
[edit]- “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.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]strangulation f (plural strangulations)
Further reading
[edit]- “strangulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.