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Definition of strangle
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
- constrict (someone''s) throat and keep from breathing
- prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- die from strangulation
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one''s anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- 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"
Hyponyms: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
Entailments: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Derivational Morphology: suffocation, asphyxiation, choking, strangulation, strangling, throttling, shackle, bond, hamper, trammel, trammels, stifler, smotherer, suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling, garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker, strangler tree
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