Strangling: alternatives and connections

The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

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The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.

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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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of Choke

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The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

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of Throttle

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