Fight over definition of strangulation

As I mentioned in my first post, my husband had tried to strangulate me on two different occasions. While on the first occasion, I kept it to myself, on the second occasion I informed his parents. Recently we had a big fight over that. My husband accused me of twisting the facts and misinforming his parents because as per him, he had only 'tightly held my neck from behind with only one hand' and was not strangling me. He accused me of implying to his parents that he was attempting to kill me while he was only manhandling me. Can you all buy such an argument ?

1.) In such a moment when you have just been released from the tight hold of a heavily built husband causing immense due to the attempted strangulation, would you bother so much about the lexicon, which is best to the legal eagles ?

2.) Please note that the second time he had strangulate me, I had informed his parents and his parents immediately asked me to divorce him. I told him that I am never going to call up such parents-in-law on my own as they tried to divorce me from my husband, he said I myself gave a wrong implication to his poor parents who were too scared of our relationship due to which they suggested divorce. Do you all buy such an argument ?

Fight over definition of strangulation