HyperDic: strangling

English > 1 sense of the word strangling:
NOUNactstrangling, choking, strangulation, throttlingthe act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
strangling > pronunciation
Soundsstrae'nggahlihng; strae'ngglihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > strangling: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
Synonymschoking, strangulation, throttling
Broadersuffocation, asphyxiationkilling by depriving of oxygen
Spanishestrangulación, estrangulamiento
Catalanescanyament, estrangulació
Verbsstranglekill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

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