strangling
Definitions
Noun
- The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
Verb
- Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- Conceal or hide
- Die from strangulation
- Prevent the progress or free movement of
- Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "strangling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strengthening | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | celebrating | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | circulating | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | specializing | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | stabilizing | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | subtracting | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | sacrificing | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | sterilizing | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | subscribing | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | symbolizing | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | scrambling | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | segregating | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | somersaulting | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | stultifying | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | sympathizing | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | asphyxiating | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | screenwriting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | sequestering | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | simplifying | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | simulating | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | skateboarding | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | skyrocketing | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | solidifying | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | speedskating | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | spellbinding | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | stevedoring | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | stockbroking | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | stockholding | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | storytelling | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | streamlining | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | subsidizing | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | swashbuckling | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | syndicating | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | synthesizing | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "strangling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | training | 2 | 156 |
| 2 | ranging | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | struggling | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | straining | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | trailing | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | tingling | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | staging | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | straddling | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | stranding | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | angling | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | strangulation | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | tangling | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | wrangling | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | stradling | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | wranglings | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | untangling | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | strandline | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | entangling | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | straying | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | strangle | 2 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "strangling".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 34
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
US man dies while discarding body of girlfriend he fatally strangled, officials say
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