'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
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]

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'

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