strangling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strangling	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for strangling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strangling n the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" Synonym(s): choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [82]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. [bd]Strangle such thoughts.[b8] --Shak.