1. (n.) The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

2. (n.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.

abbreviation abolishment abolition annihilation annulment asphyxia asphyxiation astriction astringency bar barrier beheading blank wall blind alley blind gut block blockade blockage bottleneck burking burning capital punishment cecum cervix choke choking choking off circumscription clog coarctation compactedness compaction compression compressure concentration condensation congestion consolidation constipation constriction constringency contraction contracture costiveness crucifixion cul-de-sac curtailment dead end decapitation decollation decrease defenestration deracination diminuendo drowning electrocution elimination embolism embolus eradication execution extermination extinction extinguishment extirpation fusillade garrote gassing gorge hanging hemlock hourglass hourglass figure impasse impediment infarct infarction isthmus jam judicial murder killing knitting lapidation liquidation liver death megadeath narrow place narrowing neck necktie party negation nullification obstacle obstipation obstruction poisoning puckering purge pursing reduction rooting out sealing off serum death shooting shortening silencing smotheration smothering snuffing out solidification starvation stifling stoning stop stoppage stranglement strangling striction stricture suffocation suppression systole the ax the block the chair the gallows the gas chamber the guillotine the hot seat the rope throttling uprooting violent death voiding wasp waist watery grave wrinkling