Usually means: Compression of neck obstructing air.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. strangulation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. strangulation: Merriam-Webster
  3. strangulation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. strangulation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. strangulation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. strangulation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Strangulation, strangulation: Wordnik
  8. strangulation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. strangulation: Wiktionary
  10. strangulation: Dictionary.com
  11. strangulation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. strangulation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Strangulation (bowel), Strangulation (domestic violence), Strangulation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Strangulation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. strangulation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. strangulation: Rhymezone
  17. Strangulation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. strangulation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. strangulation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. strangulation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. strangulation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. strangulation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strangulation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. strangulation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Strangulation: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  6. strangulation: Medical dictionary
  7. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
noun:  The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

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