Definition for Strangulation:

• Act of strangling; suffocation.

Synonyms for Strangulation:

• n.

  •
  • contract,
  • culpable homicide,
  • genocide,
  • butchery,
  • HIT,
  • foul play,
  • euthanasia,
  • fratricide.
  •act (noun)
  • strangulation.
  •choking (noun)
  • choking.
  •execution (noun)
  • capital punishment,
  • Guillotining,
  • shooting,
  • beheading,
  • strangling,
  • hanging,
  • crucifixion,
  • punishment.
  •strangulation (noun)
  • throttling.
  •stricture (noun)
  • compression,
  • tightening,
  • shrinking,
  • binding,
  • squeezing,
  • narrowing,
  • contraction,
  • restraint.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • asphyxiation,
  • astringency,
  • constriction,
  • decapitation,
  • disorder,
  • electrocution,
  • gassing,
  • impalement,
  • rub out,
  • stricture,
  • suffocation,
  • tightness,
  • upset,
  • contract killing,
  • hangings,
  • decapitations,
  • electrocutions,
  • lethal injection,
  • astringencies,
  • beheadings,
  • chokings,
  • necktie party,
  • stranglings.

Paraphrases for Strangulation:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    suffocation, asphyxiation, constriction.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    bottlenecks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stranglehold, asphyxia, bottleneck.

Antonyms for Strangulation:

• n.

  • execution
    disregard, failure, Forgetting, Abandoning, ignorance, leaving, neglect.
  • stricture
    enlargement.

Strangulation Sentence Examples:

• Soon after the opening exercises, the usual trial of the new master commenced, and a stifling, choking odor threw all into convulsions of coughing, almost to strangulation.

• Poor Lady Donaldson had been found with a silk scarf tied tightly round her neck, her face showing even to the inexperienced eye every symptom of strangulation.

Homophones for Strangulation:

• strongylodon.

Hyponym for Strangulation:

• n.

  • act
    constriction.
  • state
    disorder, upset.