Antonyms for noosed
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : noos |
Phonetic Transcription : nus |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for noosed
- asphyxiate
- bar
- check
- clog
- close
- congest
- constrict
- dam
- die
- drown
- execute
- fill
- gag
- garrote
- gasp
- gibbet
- hoist
- kill
- lynch
- noose
- obstruct
- occlude
- overpower
- retard
- scrag
- send to the gallows
- squeeze
- stifle
- stop
- stopper
- strangle
- strangulate
- stretch
- string up
- stuff
- stunt
- suffocate
- suppress
- swing
- throttle
- wring
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