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strangulation

[strang-gyoo-lay-shuhn] / ˌstraŋ gjʊˈleɪ ʃən /




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Evidence indicates that women under 40 who have experienced strangulation are at significantly increased risk of stroke.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Soccer history, said the slow strangulation of high school soccer will ensure some talented players will be overlooked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Specialists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife speculate that he may have lost his toes due to umbilical cord strangulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Might we now be witnessing its death, or gradual strangulation?

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

The startled sparrow shot downwards and stopped with a jerk, only thick neck feathers saving her from strangulation.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Accidental suffocations and strangulations aren't necessarily happening more often, some experts say; rather, fatality review teams have become better at identifying causes of death.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

“It’s not complicated. It might be hard, but it’s not complicated. That’s just math. It’s the same reason these days we have fewer strangulations with a landline.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Sir Thomas Browne said that in his day the Elder had become a famous medicine for quinsies, sore throats, and strangulations.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

Strangulations.—We are now in a position to understand the so-called strangulations which result when woody climbers, telegraph wires, etc.,

From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward


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