strangulation

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stran·gu·la·tion /ˌstræŋɡjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  KILLBREATHEthe act of killing someone by pressing on their throat, or the fact of being killed in this way 扼死；勒死；绞死

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strangulation• I expect strangulation is full of old-fashioned symbolism.• A post-mortem revealed Mrs Johnstone had died from strangulation.• We had a mutual strangulation society.• Two teachers using a system called Hwarang-do applying a combined neck strangulation and head twisting technique.• He was martyred in Alexandria by means of strangulation.• Wycliffe looked for signs of strangulation but found none.• It was the fear of death and all the ways in which it might arrive: shooting, strangulation, suffocation.• In her fits of lacerating sarcasm, I feel my hands twitch with the impulse toward strangulation.Origin strangulation (1500-1600) Latin strangulatio, from strangulare “to strangle”, from Greek strangalan, from strangale “cord”

stran·gu·la·tion nounChineseSyllable  

someone the of Corpus pressing by killing act

strangulation
stran‧gu‧la‧tion /ˌstræŋɡjəˈleɪʃən, ˌstræŋɡjʊˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]the act of killing someone by pressing on their throat, or the fact of being killed in this way

stran·gu·la·tionBrE /ˌstræŋɡjuˈleɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌstræŋɡjuˈleɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the act of killing sb by squeezing their throat tightly; the state of being killed in this way 扼死；勒死；掐死◆to die of slow strangulation被缓慢勒死(disapproving) the act of preventing sth from growing or developing 抑制；压制；扼杀◆the strangulation of the human spirit对人的精神压制