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1. (v.t.) strangle
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air; throttle.
2. strangle
to obstruct seriously or fatally the breathing of in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate.
3. strangle
to prevent the continuance, growth, or action of; suppress:
Censorship strangles a free press.
4. (v.i.) strangle
to be choked, stifled, or suffocated.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME strangelen < OF estrangler < L strangulāre < Gk strangalân, der. of strangálē halter, akin to strangós twisted)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) strangle, strangulate, throttle
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"
2. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
3. (verb) strangle
die from strangulation
4. (verb) hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
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"
5. (verb) choke, strangle
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
6. (verb) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
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1. (verb) strangle
to kill sb by squeezing their neck
She was strangled in her bed.
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1. (verb) strangle
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. (verb) strangle
to stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner
3. (verb) strangle
to hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress
4. (verb) strangle
to be strangled, or suffocated
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Sense: to kill by gripping or squeezing the neck tightly, eg by tightening a cord etc round it
He strangled her with a nylon stocking; This top button is nearly strangling me!
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 Afrikaans: verwurg |
 Arabic: يَخْنُق |
 Bulgarian: удушавам |
 Brazilian: estrangular |
 Czech: (u)škrtit |
 German: erdrosseln |
 Danish: kvæle; strangulere |
 Greek: στραγγαλίζω |
 Spanish: estrangular |
 Estonian: kägistama |
 Farsi: خفه كردن |
 Finnish: kuristaa |
 French: étrangler |
 Hebrew: לַחֲנוֹק |
 Hindi: गला घोंटकर मारना, दबाना, |
 Croatian: daviti, gušiti |
 Hungarian: megfojt |
 Indonesian: mencekik |
 Icelandic: kyrkja |
 Italian: strangolare |
 Japanese: 窒息させる |
 Korean: 목졸라 죽이다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)smaugti |
 Latvian: []žņaugt |
 Malay: mencekik |
 Dutch: wurgen |
 Norwegian: kvele, bli kvalt |
 Polish: udusić |
 Persian: خفه كردن |
 Pashto: خپک کول |
 Portuguese: estrangular |
 Romanian: a strangula |
 Russian: (за)душить |
 Slovak: (za)škrtiť |
 Slovenian: zadaviti |
 Serbian: daviti |
 Swedish: strypa |
 Thai: ฆ่าโดยการบีบคอ |
 Turkish: boğmak |
 Taiwanese: 被勒死，扼死 |
 Ukrainian: душити, задушити |
 Urdu: گردن دبا کر مار دینا |
 Vietnamese: siết cổ, bóp nghẹt |
 Chinese: 被勒死，扼死 |
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