strangulation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe (noun.act)

hypernym	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)

2. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid (noun.act)

hypernym	:	constriction,
definition	:	the action or process of compressing (noun.act)

domain category	:	pathology,
definition	:	the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases (noun.cognition)

3. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state)

hypernym	:	disorder, upset,
definition	:	a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning (noun.state)

4. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe (noun.act)

derivation	:	choke, strangle,
definition	:	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

derivation	:	choke, scrag,
definition	:	wring the neck of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	strangle, strangulate, throttle,
definition	:	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)

5. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid (noun.act)

derivation	:	strangulate,
definition	:	constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air (verb.contact)

6. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state)

derivation	:	choke, strangle,
definition	:	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

derivation	:	strangle,
definition	:	die from strangulation (verb.change)

7. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe (noun.act)

derivation	:	choke, strangle,
definition	:	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

derivation	:	choke, scrag,
definition	:	wring the neck of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	strangle, strangulate, throttle,
definition	:	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)

8. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid (noun.act)

derivation	:	strangulate,
definition	:	constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air (verb.contact)

9. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state)

derivation	:	choke, strangle,
definition	:	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

derivation	:	strangle,
definition	:	die from strangulation (verb.change)