strangle
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulo, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangaloomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangalē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangos, “twisted”).
Verb [edit]
strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)
- (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress an action.
- She strangled a scream.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
- Shakespeare
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
- Shakespeare
Translations [edit]
to kill someone by strangulation
to stifle or suppress an action
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External links [edit]
- strangle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- strangle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- strangle at OneLook Dictionary Search
