choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling -- (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused")
strangulation -- (the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage)
strangulation -- ((pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine")
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