strangling
verb
Definitions
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.
To stifle or suppress.
Example: She strangled a scream.
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
Example: The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
Definitions
The crime of killing by strangling.