'Strangle' definitions:
Definition of 'strangle'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle]
verb
Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress]
verb
Die from strangulation
verb
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" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
verb
Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: choke, strangle]
verb
Definition of 'Strangle'
From: GCIDE
- Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. [1913 Webster]
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Strangle'
From: GCIDE
- Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strangle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- asphyxiate,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- be killed,
- behead,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- bottle up,
- bowstring,
- burke,
- burn,
- button,
- button up,
- censor,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- circumscribe,
- clamp down on,
- clap,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- coarct,
- compact,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contain,
- contract,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cover,
- crack down on,
- cramp,
- crowd,
- crucify,
- crush,
- curtail,
- damp down,
- debar,
- decapitate,
- decollate,
- decrease,
- defenestrate,
- deflate,
- disarm,
- dog,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- drown,
- electrocute,
- enchain,
- execute,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- fasten,
- fold,
- fold up,
- gag,
- garrote,
- guillotine,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hold down,
- inflict capital punishment,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- key,
- kill,
- knit,
- knock out,
- lapidate,
- latch,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- manacle,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- narrow,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- OD,
- pack,
- padlock,
- paralyze,
- plumb,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- purse,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to death,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- reduce,
- repress,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- shoot,
- shorten,
- shush,
- shut,
- shut down on,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut tight,
- shut up,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slam,
- smash,
- smother,
- snap,
- snuff out,
- solidify,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- starve,
- stifle,
- stone,
- stop the breath,
- stop up,
- strangulate,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- truss up,
- wrinkle,
- zip up,
- zipper