strangling

strangling
The crime of killing by strangling.

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  • Strangling — Strangulation redirects here. For strangulation in medicine, see Strangulating. Strangle redirects here. For the options strategy, see Strangle (options). The neck contains several vulnerable targets for compression including the carotid arteries …   Wikipedia

  • Strangling — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Strangling from Within — Infobox Album Name = Strangling From Within Type = studio Artist = Peccatum Released = 1999 Recorded = Genre = Avant garde metal Length = 43:24 Label = Candlelight Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Strangling From Within (1999) Next… …   Wikipedia

  • strangling fig — noun Etymology: strangling (present participle of strangle) (I) + fig : strangler fig …   Useful english dictionary

  • strangling — Synonyms and related words: asphyxia, asphyxiation, beheading, burking, burning, capital punishment, censorship, choke, choking, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive, crackdown, crosswise, crucifixion, crushing, decapitation, decollation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • strangling — n. act of choking someone to death, act of killing by compressing the windpipe and preventing the intake of air stran·gle || stræŋgl v. choke to death, throttle by compressing the windpipe and preventing the intake of air, asphyxiate; stifle,… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • strangling — noun the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe no evidence that the choking was done by the accused • Syn: ↑choking, ↑strangulation, ↑throttling • Derivationally related forms: ↑throttle ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • act of strangling — index constraint (restriction) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • William Morgan Shuster — circa 1913 W. Morgan Shuster, La …   Wikipedia

  • Morgan Shuster — W. Morgan Shuster, ehemaliger Schatzkanzler von Persien und Autor von The Strangling of Persia. William Morgan Shuster (* 23. Februar 1877 in Washington D. C.; † 26. Mai 1960 in New York City), Rechtsanwalt, Finanzbeamter, Schriftsteller und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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