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Meanings of strangling in English

Portuguese
estrangulamento
Catalan
estrangulació

The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.

estrangulamento
Usage of strangling in English
1
All four Van Burens stopped talking about strangling terrorists and listened closely.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
2
I seem to be strangling; I feel the rope around my neck.
The Amulet
3
Every day five people are charged with strangling someone they supposedly love.
Radio NZ
4
Shefford heard with the blood beating, strangling the pulse in his ears.
The Rainbow Trail
5
The language was rich in glottal stops, clicks and guttural strangling sounds.
Planet of the Damned
6
Smooth hard fixtures turned below his hands, strangling the supply of water.
The last page
7
Keigo kept on pushing her resisting body, almost as if strangling her.
Villain
8
Her rage was so great it felt like it was strangling her.
Doctor Sleep
9
She stopped speaking as suddenly as if someone had begun strangling her.
Turn coat
10
Buckwheat had fallen asleep and been awakened by the strangling sulphur fumes.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
11
The strangling oppressions of his soul were too heavy for him there.
Life of John Sterling
12
From a rusty old engine with big smokestack poured the strangling smoke.
The Call of the Canyon
13
Shirley merely presented his charge of murder-forthe strangling of Shine Taylor.
The Voice on the Wire
14
Presently there was a kind of gasping, strangling sound from the cradle.
Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
15
Pepe made a strangling noise and I looked back to him quickly.
The Misplaced Battleship
16
Her ghost is in the habit of strangling people as they sleep.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
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Translations for strangling
Portuguese
estrangulamento
Strangling through the time
Strangling across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common