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Definition of Strangle

1. Verb. Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. "They want to strangle the prisoners "; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

2. Verb. Conceal or hide. "Strangle a yawn"

3. Verb. Die from strangulation.

4. Verb. Prevent the progress or free movement of. "The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

5. Verb. Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.

6. Verb. Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake. "He swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

Definition of Strangle

1. v. t. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.

2. v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.

Definition of Strangle

1. Verb. (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To stifle or suppress an action. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strangle

1. to choke to death [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strangle

strangely enough strangeness strangenesses strangeonia strangeonium strangeoniums stranger stranger danger strangered strangering

strangerlike strangers stranges strangest stranging strangle (current term) strangleable strangled stranglehold strangleholds

stranglement stranglements strangler strangler fig strangler tree stranglers strangles stranglest strangleth strangling

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