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Meaning of strangling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

strangling

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.

  2. To stifle or suppress.

    Example: She strangled a scream.

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

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

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

noun

Definitions

  1. The crime of killing by strangling.