strangolamento

Definitions of strangolamento
  1. noun
    the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
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    type of:
    soffocamento, soffocazione
    killing by depriving of oxygen
  2. noun
    (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
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