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STRANGLING
choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling
(noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; “no evidence that the choking was done by the accused”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
strangling
present participle of strangle
Noun
strangling (countable and uncountable, plural stranglings)
The crime of killing by strangling.
Source: Wiktionary
STRANGLE
Stran"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.] Etym: [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.
Stran"gle, v. i.
Definition: To be strangled, or suffocated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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