nnoun.actthe act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipeSynset:choking strangling strangulation
Examples:- no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
Derivationally Related Form:throttlestranglechokestrangulate
Hypernyms:asphyxiation suffocation
Inherited Hypernyms:chokingsuffocationkillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.changeplace limits on (extent or amount or access)Synset:bound confine limit restrict throttle trammel
Examples:- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
Derivationally Related Form:boundlimiterlimitrestrictionlimitationrestrictivetrammel
Inherited Hypernyms:restrict
Direct Hyponyms:clamp downconstraincrack downcrampcumberdelimitdelimitatedemarcatedraw a linedraw the lineencumbergatehalterhampermark offmark outreducerestrainscantskimpstiffenstrangletietightentighten up
Full Troponyms:bridleclamp downclogcurbdemarcatedraw the linegatehampermark offreducerestrainscantsnafflestiffentie
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactkill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the airSynset:strangle strangulate throttle
Examples:- he tried to strangulate his opponent
- A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
Derivationally Related Form:throttlerstranglingthrottlingstranglerstrangulation
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:stranglekill
Direct Hyponyms:garottegarrotegarrottescrag
Entailment:compact compress constrict contract press squeeze
Full Troponyms:garrote
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: strangle, throttle, strangulate)
vverb.changereduce the air supplySynset:choke throttle
Derivationally Related Form:throttlechoke
Hypernyms:enrich
Inherited Hypernyms:chokeenrichbetterchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something