The cause of death was strangulation.
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Strangulation
Synonyms for "strangulation" (147 found)
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narrowingnecknecktie partynegationnullificationobstacleobstipationobstructionpoisoningpuckeringpurgepursingreductionrooting outropesealing offserum deathshootingshorteningsilencingsmotherationsmotheringsnuffing outsolidificationstarvationstiflingstoningstopstoppagestranglementstranglingstrictionstricturesuffocationsuppressionsystolethe axthe blockthe chairthe gallowsthe gas chamberthe guillotinethe hot seatthe ropethrottlinguprootingviolent deathvoidingwasp waistwatery gravewrinkling
Noun(2 words)
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10 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀγχόνη noun (act of strangling)
Bulgarian
1 entries- задушаване noun (act of strangling)
Catalan
1 entries- estrangulació noun (act of strangling)
Dutch
2 entries- worging noun (act of strangling)
- wurging noun (act of strangling)
Latin
1 entries- angor noun (act of strangling)
Māori
1 entries- ronanga noun (act of strangling)
Polish
1 entries- uduszenie noun (act of strangling)
Spanish
1 entries- estrangulación noun (act of strangling)
Swedish
1 entries- strypning noun (act of strangling)
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Sami died of strangulation.
Source: tatoeba (6706092)
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.
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