am strangling

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of strangle (1st person singular).
  strangle

  verb (used with object)

  to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.

Related Words

• gag
• inhibit
• kill
• restrain
• smother
• suffocate