Meanings
plural strangulations
- countableuncountableThe act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
Road congestion in the Manchester and Liverpool areas has already reached strangulation point and it is regarded as impossible for the roads to handle this displaced traffic; buses already take up to three times as long as the trains to cover the same distance.
1963 June, “News and Comment: The North-West and the Plan”, in Modern Railways, page 365 - countableuncountableThe constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinstrangulatio“choking, suffocation”
- Englishstrangulation
From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγχόνη
- ἀγχόνη (ankhónē)act of strangling
Bulgarian задушаване
- задушаване (zadušavane)act of strangling
Catalan estrangulació
- estrangulacióact of strangling
Dutch wurging, worging
- wurgingact of strangling
- worgingact of strangling
Latin angor
- angoract of strangling
Māori ronanga
- ronangaact of strangling
Polish uduszenie
- uduszenieact of strangling
Spanish estrangulación
- estrangulaciónact of strangling
Swedish strypning
- strypningact of strangling
Cite this entry
strangulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangulation
“strangulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangulation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangulation.
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