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What is another word for
strangling
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Noun
The crime of killing by strangling
The carrying out or undergoing of a sentence of death
Verb
Present participle for to squeeze the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply
Present participle for to hamper or hinder the development or activity of
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
Present participle for to reduce in size, especially through the application of pressure
(
British, informal, slang
)
Present participle for to murder, or to commit suicide
Present participle for to make (or become) tight or taut
Present participle for to force (something) into or through a restricted space
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Noun
▲
The crime of killing by strangling
throttling
suffocation
asphyxiation
choking
crushing
smothering
strangulation
stifling
gassing
“The detective was gathering evidence to build a strong case against the suspect for the charge of
strangling
.”
Noun
▲
The carrying out or undergoing of a sentence of death
execution
killing
hanging
beheading
decapitation
gibbet
scaffold
electrocution
noose
rope
slaying
guillotining
drop
gallows
guillotine
chair
noyade
crucifixion
gassing
hit
impalement
shooting
strangulation
punishment
capital punishment
death penalty
firing squad
the rope
the guillotine
the noose
the scaffold
electric chair
necktie party
being put to death
contract killing
lethal injection
rub out
death sentence
putting to death
amputation
judicial murder
judicial execution
legalized killing
death warrant
lynching
gibbeting
decollation
extreme penalty
stringing up
being executed
being strung up
being hanged
gallows tree
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to squeeze the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply
choking
suffocating
throttling
asphyxiating
strangulating
stifling
garrotting
garotting
smothering
gagging
burking
wringing
drowning
choking to death
“I'd like to
strangle
that son of a gun who crossed me.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hamper or hinder the development or activity of
restraining
checking
inhibiting
subduing
curbing
constraining
quashing
impeding
muffling
squashing
hindering
restricting
silencing
squelching
hampering
quelching
quelling
stopping
overpowering
killing
extinguishing
gagging
preventing
quenching
deadening
crushing
destroying
muting
shushing
stamping out
interfering with
damping down
putting an end to
putting a stop to
suppressing
repressing
stifling
overcoming
cracking down on
smothering
vanquishing
overwhelming
putting down
defeating
prostrating
devastating
whelming
flooring
overmastering
wrecking
swamping
ruining
breaking
obliterating
conquering
oppressing
bringing someone to their knees
blowing away
forcing down
snowing under
bearing down on
slapping down
grinding down
clamping down on
snuffing out
blotting out
reducing
icing
subjugating
holding back
shutting down
subordinating
bringing under the yoke
putting the squeeze on
bringing to heel
treading on
treading
more ❯
“We are concerned that the credit problem, if prolonged, will
strangle
the growth of the industry.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
stifling
suppressing
repressing
smothering
restraining
swallowing
checking
sinking
submerging
pocketing
holding back
choking back
fighting back
holding in
biting back
gulping back
containing
controlling
muffling
concealing
keeping back
curbing
gagging
keeping in check
bottling up
hiding
reining in
buttoning up
keeping the lid on
inhibiting
silencing
keeping under control
corking up
withholding
quenching
restricting
corking
biting one's lip
suffocating
choking
quelling
squelching
quashing
cooling
composing
extinguishing
killing
bridling
collecting
snuffing
overcoming
frustrating
overpowering
muzzling
hushing up
simmering down
holding down
mastering
gulping
conquering
cloaking
veiling
burying
fighting
deadening
stopping
denying
holding off
putting a lid on
covering up
keeping a rein on
holding in check
shushing
internalizing
US
blocking
bottling
internalising
UK
keeping in
jamming up
keeping inside
keeping under wraps
blacking out
limiting
moderating
retarding
constraining
impeding
subduing
regulating
disciplining
taming
keeping
hindering
deterring
curtailing
pegging
trammelling
holding
trammeling
freezing
measuring
ruling
entrammeling
entrammelling
fettering
governing
putting a limit on
boxing in
cutting back
tying up
cooling off
bringing to screeching halt
keeping tight rein on
putting the brakes on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping a lid on
stemming the flow of
slowing down
keeping lid on
keeping within bounds
cooling down
reducing
diminishing
lessening
decreasing
lowering
easing
tempering
abating
mitigating
toning down
softening
pulling in
dampening
lightening
allaying
dulling
blunting
dropping
damping
calming
alleviating
weakening
cutting
arresting
minimizing
US
de-escalating
minimising
UK
tapering
damping down
cutting down
attenuating
ebbing
assuaging
stilling
contracting
muting
cushioning
mellowing
quieting
shrinking
downsizing
depreciating
taking the edge off
scaling down
decrementing
depressing
downscaling
slashing
relieving
soothing
mollifying
keeping down
halting
winding down
modulating
capping
dwindling
confining
tranquilizing
US
squashing
terminating
waning
easing off
tailing off
stemming
tranquillising
UK
delimiting
hampering
cutting short
slackening
putting an end to
reining
nipping in the bud
ending
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
palliating
putting a damper on
paring down
bringing down
suspending
ceasing
dialing down
declining
impairing
letting up
settling
eroding
trimming
relaxing
modifying
putting a stop to
preventing
taking the sting out
cracking down on
devaluating
fixing
clamping down on
circumscribing
petering out
drying up
stepping down
bringing to an end
barring
obstructing
dropping off
pacifying
making cutbacks in
straitening
deflating
finishing
placating
discontinuing
degrading
depleting
pruning
subsiding
interrupting
clipping
staunching
qualifying
rationing
cutting off
paring
reining back
laying off
putting a brake on
denting
dulcifying
rolling back
knocking down
taking the bite out
marking down
bringing to a standstill
shutting down
wearing away
wearing down
putting the lid on
bringing to a stop
putting damper on
tapering off
running down
cutting back on
falling off
putting the kibosh on
slacking off
whittling down
licking
thwarting
lulling
adjusting
crushing
bounding
setting
constricting
gentling
undermining
censoring
sapping
decaying
benumbing
quietening
fading
degenerating
narrowing
drowning
slumping
keeping in line
numbing
quitting
setting limits on
imposing limits on
diluting
breaking
deteriorating
temperating
harshing
getting the better of
crumbling
minifying
remitting
concluding
snuffing out
couching
immobilizing
US
withering
putting down
immobilising
UK
drooping
putting half nelson on
boxing up
axing
bringing under control
placing a limit on
downgrading
wasting
interfering with
making less intense
getting under control
shriveling
US
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
slapping down
winding up
bringing to a halt
taking down
shutting in
putting a ceiling on
cracking down
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
breaking off
trimming down
trimming back
adjourning
pulling the plug on
holding up
ratcheting down
phasing down
breaking up
dying down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
running low
knocking off
playing down
re-collecting
monitoring
managing
cornering
inspecting
recovering
rallying
interning
shaving
sating
resisting
baulking
UK
devitalizing
balking
US
prelimiting
delaying
slaking
abasing
appeasing
revising
detaining
retaining
foiling
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
shortening
buttressing
retrenching
pausing
neutralizing
US
mincing
setting a limit on
chillin
chilling
hog-tying
docking
keeping control of
absorbing
rounding down
keeping on a string
cauterizing
US
disempowering
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
helping
mothballing
lapsing
bottlenecking
counteracting
conciliating
comforting
hushing
sweetening
defusing
falling
receding
ameliorating
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
braking
neutralising
UK
rebuffing
circumventing
phasing out
icing
finishing off
cauterising
UK
refusing
holding off on
plummetting
plunging
relenting
plummeting
bating
slowing
satisfying
dumbing
making weaker
demarcating
getting rid of
soaking up
staying
clamming
throttling
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
propitiating
slowing up
slackening pace
fixing up
making less active
making reasonable
closing
cooling out
meeting halfway
palling
taking sting out
patching things up
making reductions in
slimming down
retrenching on
cheapening
expiring
desisting
turning back
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
standing in the way of
scaling back
taking the heat off
deactivating
decimating
blurring
shutting up
putting paid to
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
draining away
dying away
growing smaller
growing less
becoming smaller
falling away
dying out
becoming less
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
doing for
putting the stopper on
stamping out
completing
dissolving
cramping
reconciling
abolishing
closing up
choking off
annulling
specifying
demarking
prescribing
discounting
delimitating
defining
girdling
rebating
draining
calling a halt
coming to an end
compromising
damaging
humbling
sitting on
pulling back
cutting down on
hemming in
tying down
cowing
undervaluing
petering
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
disrupting
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
cutting in price
devaluing
lowering in price
averting
drawing the line on
marking off
tailing away
clamping down
budgeting
conserving
quietening down
watering down
disturbing
infringing
deducting
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
writing down
balming
getting a grip on
amortising
UK
extenuating
casting down
whittling
saving
making less
making smaller
tightening
amortizing
US
writing off
offering at a giveaway price
subtracting
rendering worthless
reducing the price of
taking tough action
coming down on
encroaching on
obviating
smoothing down
disgrading
limiting to a fixed amount
demeriting
driving down
restricting the consumption of
avoiding
stalling
intercepting
staving off
fending off
leaving off
desisting from
cutting out
heading off
warding off
blowing the whistle on
shutting off
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
packing in
giving over
turning aside
defending against
more ❯
“Bonnie hiccupped, trying to
strangle
a sob.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce in size, especially through the application of pressure
constricting
contracting
compressing
condensing
squeezing
shrinking
compacting
constringing
collapsing
narrowing
tightening
capsulizing
capsuling
tensing
telescoping
restricting
tautening
pinching
concentrating
clenching
straitening
choking
strangulating
cramping
circumscribing
confining
restraining
astringing
tucking
becoming smaller
drawing in
making smaller
making narrower
becoming narrower
narrowing down
drawing together
diminishing
tapering
reducing
focussing
decreasing
focusing
limiting
getting smaller
getting thinner
getting narrower
shortening
squashing
scrunching
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
downsizing
flattening
paring down
growing smaller
truncating
cutting
lessening
deflating
slimming
curtailing
slimming down
cramming
packing
stuffing
pressing
wasting away
stiffening
crushing
dwindling
pruning
withering
making tighter
closing
becoming tighter
cutting down
cutting back
scrimping
tightening up
flexing
crowding
jamming
concertinaing
wadding
coarctating
coarcting
consolidating
disappearing
wedging
pressing together
packing into
packing together
abbreviating
summarizing
US
stretching
abridging
straining
foreshortening
synopsizing
abstracting
trimming
digesting
extending
epitomizing
US
lowering
weakening
chopping
cropping
puckering
pursing
tamping
paring
lopping off
lopping
summarising
UK
epitomising
UK
downscaling
checking
curbing
blunting
solidifying
squinching
integrating
combining
clipping
slashing
shaving
rounding down
whittling down
cutting short
shearing
undermining
retrenching
sapping
abating
eroding
depleting
denting
cutting off
pulling tight
firming up
going rigid
pressing down
disempowering
easing
packing closely
packing down
ramming down
tamping down
cramming down
screwing up
knocking down
becoming narrow
becoming pinched
de-escalating
making weaker
becoming tight
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
British, informal, slang
)
Present participle for to murder, or to commit suicide
topping
killing
necking
hanging
lynching
executing
slaying
snuffing
assassinating
dispatching
murdering
slaughtering
garrotting
massacring
butchering
eliminating
liquidating
wasting
terminating
neutralizing
US
offing
eradicating
hitting
whacking
icing
exterminating
stiffing
doing in
smoking
getting
scragging
waxing
finishing
asphyxiating
neutralising
UK
guillotining
knocking off
taking out
putting to death
wiping out
putting away
blowing away
rubbing out
bumping off
disposing of
mowing down
doing away with
taking the life of
cutting to pieces
doing for
doing to death
croaking
destroying
zapping
murking
shooting
beheading
chillin
cooling
garotting
smothering
electrocuting
abolishing
extinguishing
doing
knifing
chilling
decapitating
defeating
giving someone the works
terminating with extreme prejudice
dusting off
taking a life
blotting out
erasing
decimating
annihilating
extirpating
obliterating
blackballing
downing
nixing
smiting
suffocating
crucifying
sacrificing
immolating
putting to sleep
polishing off
cutting down
ending the life of
taking someone's life
wiping from the face of the earth
shooting down
causing the death of
making away with
finishing off
putting down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (or become) tight or taut
tightening
tautening
tensing
stretching
straining
extending
rigidifying
drawing taut
drawing tight
tightening up
making rigid
making taut
making tight
making tighter
Verb
▲
Present participle for to force (something) into or through a restricted space
squeezing
jamming
cramming
stuffing
pressing
ramming
compressing
forcing
packing
wedging
thrusting
crowding
crushing
sandwiching
shoehorning
squashing
compacting
crashing
driving
sticking
tamping
choking
scrunching
squishing
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