strangling

stran·gle

S0794100 (străng′gəl)v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr.1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.2. To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.3. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: "That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms" (James Baldwin).v.intr.1. To become strangled.2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

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[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]

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stran′gler n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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strangling - the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"strangulation, throttling, chokingsuffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen

Translations

étranglementstrozzamento