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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRANGLING, ppr. Choking; suffocating; suppressing.
STRANGLING, n. The act of destroying life by stopping respiration.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [syn: choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Strangle Stran"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.] 1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. ``Strangle such thoughts.'' --Shak.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

stran'-g'-ling.

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Moby Thesaurus

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