Hit
Hit noun - A person or thing that is successful.
Strangling and hit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strangling" instead a noun "Hit".
Nearby Word: hitting
Strangling
Strangling noun - The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
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Synonyms for Strangling
Hit and strangling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hit" instead a noun "Strangling".
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In the next panel, Sarge is actually rather glad that that one didn't hit, as Beetle's arm is now wound around his neck and shoulders several times, strangling him.
Source: Comic Strip / Beetle Bailey -
An indirect explanation in "William Wilson": Daughter tells Chalky that her mother hit an abusive client with a jar of lye, but it didn't stop him strangling her to death.
Source: Series / Boardwalk Empire -
It includes a mafia hit man interrupting one of his kills (strangling someone to death with a cord for being a rat) because he's shocked to find a nearby corpse he wasn't aware of.
Source: Series / MADtv
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