Etymology

strangulation

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Today it means: The act of strangling or the state of being strangled. Full definition →

Latin strangulatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromstrangulatio“choking, suffocation”
  2. English todaystrangulation

From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.

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