strangle
verb (used with object)
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
have been strangling
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present perfect progressiveof strangle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The Financial Times’s Cairo correspondent, Heba Saleh, explains why that matters: Falling foreign currency inflows have been strangling businesses and threatening imports of basic necessities including medicines.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2016
For six months now, five major financial groups have been strangling WikiLeaks by cutting off the group’s ability to raise funding.
From Forbes ● Jun. 29, 2011
If approved, the compromise would bring the deficit below $100 billion and possibly jolt wary financial markets into lowering the high interest rates that have been strangling hopes for an economic recovery.
From Time Magazine Archive
