Definition for Strangling:

• the act of suffocating ( someone) by constricting the windpipe; " no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"

Synonyms for Strangling:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • choking,
  • strangling,
  • throttling.
  •execution (noun)
  • necktie parties,
  • de-capitation,
  • be headings,
  • contract killings,
  • be-heading,
  • strangulations,
  • de-capitations,
  • lethal injections,
  • de capitation,
  • rub outs,
  • be-headings,
  • guillotinings,
  • de capitations,
  • be heading,
  • impalements,
  • gassings.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • asphyxiation,
  • constriction,
  • decapitation,
  • electrocution,
  • gassing,
  • impalement,
  • narrowing,
  • rub out,
  • strangulation,
  • suffocation,
  • contract killing,
  • hangings,
  • decapitations,
  • electrocutions,
  • lethal injection,
  • beheadings,
  • necktie party,
  • stranglings.

Paraphrases for Strangling:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    strangulation.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    stifling, killing, putting.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    smothering, choking.

Strangling Sentence Examples:

• The furious creature had Reid by the throat in the grip Swan had taught her, strangling out his life.

• The air was thick with strangling fumes, there was a frightful din about him - yells and crashing stones.

Homophones for Strangling:

• string along, steering linkage.

Hyponym for Strangling:

• n.

  • act
    suffocation, asphyxiation.