strangulation
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            stran·gu·la·tion
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˌstraŋ-gyə-ˈlā-shən  
                                                      
                                                          
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                                                      : the action or process of strangling or strangulating                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : the state of being strangled or strangulated                                      
                
                                
            especially                
          
                                                      : excessive or pathological constriction or compression of a bodily tube (such as a blood vessel or a loop of intestine) that interrupts its ability to act as a passage                                      
            
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