Killed
Strangled
Strangled adjective - Held in check with difficulty.
Killed and strangled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killed" instead a verb "Strangled".
Nearby Word: strangling
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Jake, her partner who has expressed romantic interest in her, gets strangled and killed by an evil clone of Ian Nottingham.
Source: Cartwright Curse -
The Facts of Life parodied the trope by having the victims killed in silly ways (Blair was killed by over-using hair spray, Natalie was strangled with a pair of fuzzy dice).
Source: Ten Little Murder Victims -
The protagonist of Chopping Block once killed an entire band and made it look like they'd inadvertently strangled themselves during an autoerotic asphyxiation circlejerk.
Source: Erotic Asphyxiation
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