strangling
NounUS[strang-guh-ling]/ˈstræŋɡəlɪŋ/2–3 syllablesalso [strang-gling] /ˈstræŋɡlɪŋ/
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe“no evidence that the choking was done by the accused”Synonyms: chokingstrangulationthrottlingType of suffocation, asphyxiation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“strangling” is listed under Strangle.
Stran′gle transitive verb [past tense & past participle Strangled; present participle & verbal noun Strangling.]
Origin: OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. …, …, fr. … a halter; and perhaps akin to E. 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.— John 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?— William Shakespeare
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. “Strangle such thoughts.” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54