strangling
Throttling someone's throat
Strangling is the act of killing or attempting to kill by compressing the throat, cutting off air or blood flow to the brain.
The word extends to any suppressive force that chokes off vitality or growth: The regulations are strangling small businesses.
Someone strangling on food or emotion is choking, unable to breathe or speak freely.
Blocked airway condition
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
- garrotingExecution by throat-cord
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- asphyxiatingCausing death by airlessness
grip · hands · neck · airway · windpipe · constriction · squeezing · pressure
Blocked airway condition
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- overgrowthUncontrolled plant expansion
fig · kudzu · ivy · parasitic · encircling · roots · trunk · canopy
Restricting flow or speed
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
red tape · sanctions · tariffs · monopoly · competition · markets · growth · business
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- smotheringDepriving of air
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- killingCausing death deliberately
inhibiting · restricting · squelching · silencing · quashing · extinguishing · suffocating · oppressing
choking
Blocked airway condition
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
- garrotingExecution by throat-cord
- suffocatingDepriving of air
asphyxiating · grip · hands · neck · airway · windpipe · constriction · squeezing · pressure · ligature
choking
Blocked airway condition
overgrowth · fig · kudzu · ivy · parasitic · encircling · roots · trunk · canopy · competition
throttling
Restricting flow or speed
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
taxation · red tape · sanctions · tariffs · monopoly · competition · markets · growth · business · trade
suppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- smotheringDepriving of air
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
killing · inhibiting · restricting · squelching · silencing · quashing · extinguishing · suffocating · oppressing · repressing
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- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
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- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- wrongdoingscrime, crimes, sin, sins, wrongdoing
- oppressivestifling, suffocating, smothering, crushing, repressive
stranglingdrowning
Death by water inhalation
smothering · poisoning · stabbing · shooting · burning
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