1. (

• choking ,
• strangling ,
• strangulation ,
• throttling

) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" ;

2. (

• strangulation

) the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage ;

3. (

• strangulation ,

) (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine" ;