noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The crime of killing by strangling. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of strangle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

chokingasphyxiaasphyxiationaxbeheadingburking

Example

More examples

"It was the sob of a woman, the muffled, strangling gasp of one who is torn by an uncontrollable sorrow."

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