Strangle

['stræŋg(ə)l] or ['stræŋɡl]

Definition

(verb.) die from strangulation.

(verb.) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; 'he tried to strangle his opponent'; 'A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes'.

Checker: Thomas--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.

(v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.

(v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated.

Checked by Enrique

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Choke, throttle, suffocate.

Checker: Sylvia

Definition

v.t. to compress the throat so as to prevent breathing and destroy life: to choke: to hinder from birth or appearance: to suppress.—n. Strang′ler.—n.pl. Strang′les a contagious eruptive disorder peculiar to young horses.—n. Strang′le-weed the dodder the broom-rape.—v.t. Strang′ulate to strangle: to compress so as to suppress or suspend function.—p.adj. Strang′ulated having the function stopped by compression: constricted much narrowed.—n. Strangulā′tion act of strangling: compression of the throat and partial suffocation: the state of a part abnormally constricted.

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Examples

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