strangulation
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- noun
- /ˌstræŋɡjʊˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
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estrangulación
- The doctor explained that strangulation of the blood vessel can lead to serious complications.
This can stop the bowel working what we call bowel obstruction or even worse cause strangulation.
- This can stop the bowel working what we call bowel obstruction or even worse cause strangulation.
Examples
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Similarly, sea power cannot attack targets in the enemy rear and must rely instead on a long-term campaign of strangulation.
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According to Xu, future nonlinear analyses will explore other aspects of ligature strangulation, including how the size and shape of straps and cords affect tissue behavior and the likelihood of strangulation.
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So, strangulation of some sort.
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At the very least, there should be a strangulation warning on them.
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In both cases, the net effect is the same, which is the disruption or strangulation of the economy as a whole.
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- Strangulation, you think?
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Each year, manufacturers recall hundreds of children's products because they pose a serious danger of suffocation, choking, strangulation, or entrapment.
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We know from the history of siege warfare that, legitimately or not, in the face of economic strangulation, the military and political leadership will insulate themselves from its consequences and place a disproportionate burden on the civilian population.
Academic text (1999) -
According to Xu, future nonlinear analyses will explore other aspects of ligature strangulation, including how the size and shape of straps and cords affect tissue behavior and the likelihood of strangulation.
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During the autopsy, the pathologist noted signs of strangulation around the victim's neck.
Synonyms
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To press someone's throat so they cannot breathe
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A narrowing in a tube or pipe that reduces flow
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Squeezing another person's neck to stop them breathing
Antonyms
Compounds
How Constricted
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Morphology
Etymology
Strangulation comes from the old root strangle, which carries the idea of 'squeezing' or 'tightening'. In medicine this image helps: if something is squeezed so blood or other fluid cannot move, we call that strangulation, because the tight pressure cuts off the flow.