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strangulations

strangulations is the plural of strangulation.

Meaning of strangulation

Noun

strangulation (countable and uncountable, plural strangulations)

  1. The 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
  2. The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

Questions about strangulations

What is strangulations the plural of?
Strangulations is the plural of strangulation.

Words near strangulations in the dictionary

  1. strangulated
  2. strangulated hernia
  3. strangulates
  4. strangulating
  5. strangulation
  6. strangulations
  7. strangulative
  8. strangulatory
  9. strangullion
  10. stranguric
  11. stranguries

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