| NOUN | act | strangling, choking, strangulation, throttling | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
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| Sounds | strae'nggahlihng; strae'ngglihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe. | |
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| Synonyms | choking, strangulation, throttling | |
| Broader | suffocation, asphyxiation | killing by depriving of oxygen |
| Spanish | estrangulación, estrangulamiento | |
| Catalan | escanyament, estrangulació | |
| Verbs | strangle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
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