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Meaning of 'strangle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Strangle [ v. i.]
- To be strangled, or suffocated.
2 . Strangle [ 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.
- To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
- To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.

Meaning of 'strangle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . strangle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Example in sentence:
  • A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes;
  • he tried to strangulate his opponent
Meaning (2):
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Example in sentence:
  • he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Meaning (3):
- prevent the progress or free movement of
Example in sentence:
  • He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather;
  • the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
Meaning (4):
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
Example in sentence:
  • muffle one's anger;
  • repress a cry of fear;
  • smother a yawn;
  • strangle a laugh

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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