Strangulation is the act of killing someone by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe. He is charged with the strangulation of two students. the act of killing someone by pressing on their throat, or the fact of being killed in this way (strangulatio, from strangulare , from strangalan, from strangale )
(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine" the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
{i} act of strangling; state of being strangled; extreme constriction of a body passage (Physiology)
Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia