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kill vs strangle

strangle vs kill

kill is a noun but strangle is not a noun.

kill and strangle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kill Yes No Yes No
strangle No No Yes No
As verbs, strangle is a hyponym of kill; that is, strangle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kill:
  • kill: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
  • strangle: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Other hyponyms of kill include annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, drown, massacre, mow down, slaughter, erase, wipe out, butcher, slaughter, poison, lapidate, stone, poison, commit suicide, dispatch, vaporize, zap, sacrifice, take off, tomahawk, saber, sabre, overlay, overlie, brain, put away, put to sleep, do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste, exterminate, kill off, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, strangulate, throttle, behead, decapitate, decollate, impale, stake, dismember, martyr, shed blood, bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay, assassinate, execute, put to death, draw, draw and quarter, quarter, lynch, pip, shoot, electrocute, fry, euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill, gank.
kill (noun) strangle (noun)
the act of terminating a life
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
kill (verb) strangle (verb)
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
cause to cease operating prevent the progress or free movement of
tire out completely die from strangulation
end or extinguish by forceful means kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
drink down entirely suppress in order to conceal or hide
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
cause the death of, without intention
deprive of life
hit with great force
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
be the source of great pain for
thwart the passage of
be fatal
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