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Strangle (options)
WordNet
verb
(1) Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
"He swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
(2) Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
(3) Prevent the progress or free movement of
"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
"The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
(4) Die from strangulation
(5) Conceal or hide
"Smother a yawn"
"Muffle one's anger"
"Strangle a yawn"
(6) 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"
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Etymology
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Verb
- To kill someone by strangulation (squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply); to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- To stifle or suppress an action.
- She strangled a scream.
- To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- The cat slipped from the branch and became strangled by its bell-colla.