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strangulation

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




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He was cleared of assault and intentional strangulation following a seven-day trial in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, in 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The coroner determined that the markings found on her body were consistent with “postmortem insect activity” and were not evidence of strangulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Smock had testified as an expert on strangulation as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

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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