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Strangling and Executing

strangling

noun

  • The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
    • usage: "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"

verb

  • Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air.
    • usage: "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
  • Conceal or hide.
    • usage: "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
  • Die from strangulation.
  • Prevent the progress or free movement of.
    • usage: "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
  • Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
  • Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.
    • usage: "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Strangle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
executing

noun

verb

  • Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.
    • usage: "In some states, criminals are executed"
  • Murder in a planned fashion.
    • usage: "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
  • Put in effect.
    • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • Carry out the legalities of.
    • usage: "execute a will or a deed"
  • Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
    • usage: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
  • Carry out or perform an action.
    • usage: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
  • Sign in the presence of witnesses.
    • usage: "The President executed the treaty"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Execute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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