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Definition of Strangling
1. Noun. The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe. "No evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
Generic synonyms: Asphyxiation, Suffocation
Derivative terms: Choke, Choke, Strangle, Strangle, Strangulate, Throttle
Definition of Strangling
1. Verb. (present participle of ''strangle'') ¹
2. Noun. The crime of killing by strangling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strangling
1. strangle [v] - See also: strangle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strangling
Literary usage of Strangling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography by John Gibson Paton (1898)
"The Trader's Retribution. — Worship and War. — Saved from strangling. — Wrath
Restrained. — Under the Axe. ..."
2. The Law Relative to Commitments & Convictions by Justices of the Peace: With by John Frederick Archbold (1828)
"Murder by strangling. Commencement, as ante, p. 18.] on the day of , in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- eight, at , in the said ..."
3. Missions in Western Polynesia: Being Historical Sketches of These Missions by Archibald Wright Murray (1863)
"... of laws suggested—tour of the island—visit of messrs. hardie and sunderland,
in october, 1854 —attempt to revive the practice of strangling—biographical ..."
4. Publications (1853)
"In consequence of this, the blood-shedding, strangling, and burning of the saints,
was the more increased, as appears from the following martyrs. ..."
5. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... about the destiny of nine tenths of whom you know the opinions that would have
been taught by those old man-roasting, woman-strangling dogmatists. ..."
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