Strangling

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.

"He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid."

2.verbTo stifle or suppress.

"She strangled a scream."

3.verbTo be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

"The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar."

4.verbTo be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

5.nounThe crime of killing by strangling.

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