NOUN | act | throttling, choking, strangling, strangulation | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
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Sounds | thraa'tahlihng; thraa'tlihng | |
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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, strangling, strangulation | |
Broader | suffocation, asphyxiation | killing by depriving of oxygen |
Spanish | estrangulación, estrangulamiento | |
Catalan | escanyament, estrangulació | |
Verbs | throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
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