Word
strangulation
Phoneticsstran·gu·la·tion
US/ˌstɹæŋɡjəˈɫeɪʃən/
UK/stɹˈænɡjʊlˈeɪʃən/
Definition
n. the act of stopping someone's breathing by pressing your hands or something else against their neck. It can also mean the blocking of a flow of liquid or gas.
n. the act of killing or causing unconsciousness by compressing the neck or throat. In a technical context, it refers to the obstruction of a flow of fluid or gas through a tube or pipe.
Examples
“The police arrested the man for attempted strangulation.”
“The doctor warned that the swelling in the throat could lead to strangulation of the airway if not treated immediately.”
“In mechanical engineering, the phenomenon of strangulation occurs when a fluid reaches the speed of sound within a nozzle, effectively halting any further increase in flow rate despite a drop in downstream pressure.”
Examples
simple
“The police arrested the man for attempted strangulation.”
contextual
“The doctor warned that the swelling in the throat could lead to strangulation of the airway if not treated immediately.”
complex
“In mechanical engineering, the phenomenon of strangulation occurs when a fluid reaches the speed of sound within a nozzle, effectively halting any further increase in flow rate despite a drop in downstream pressure.”
Real-World Examples
“This often involved pilgrimages to the remote sacrificial sites, with colonial accounts describing strangulation, asphyxiation, and blunt force trauma as the most common methods of sacrifice.” “We’ve got cases in London, assaulting emergency worker cases, domestic violence strangulation cases, being listed for [trial in] 2029, 2030.” Etymology
From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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