Synonyms for noosed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : noos

Phonetic Transcription : nus

Top 10 synonyms for noosed

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Définition of noosed

Origin : mid-15c., perhaps from Old French nos or cognate Old Provençal nous "knot," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Rare before c.1600.

As in choke : verb smother, block
As in hang : verb kill by suspension from a rope

Example sentences :

Two of these, settling over his head, noosed him around the neck.
Extract from : « The Rifle Rangers » by Captain Mayne Reid

The hangman now approached the captive with the noosed rope in his hand.
Extract from : « The Mosstrooper » by Robert Scott Fittis

A noosed reim had been twisted round the neck, compressing it tightly.
Extract from : « A Veldt Vendetta » by Bertram Mitford

As the whites reached them the noosed man's face cracked in a grin.
Extract from : « The Pathless Trail » by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel

If not, why did Sprot keep it back till the rope was noosed for p. 236his neck?
Extract from : « James VI and the Gowrie Mystery » by Andrew Lang

Then it was that a rope was flung about my shoulders, a noosed rope that was hauled tight.
Extract from : « The Virgin of the Sun » by H. R. Haggard

She had struggled constantly from the instant she was noosed.
Extract from : « The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol » by Lewis E. Theiss

But I had seen the enemy, and all the soldier in me rebelled at the thought of dying like a noosed bullock in the shambles.
Extract from : « The Master of Appleby » by Francis Lynde

Roden, keeping a careful watch upon his balance, catches it deftly, for it has been noosed.
Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford

It turned out afterwards that he had noosed a powerful horse, but could not hold him, and had lost his lariat in the attempt.
Extract from : « With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 » by Various

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