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 strangled
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present perfectof strangle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In 1958, Connecticut Rep. Albert Morano and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy submitted a bill that would have strangled Sam Cummings’ budding firearms empire in the cradle.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2023
This year’s flooding is the worst in decades in some areas and comes on top of strict COVID-19 regulations that have strangled travel, employment and ordinary life in much of the country.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Known for his salty language and frontiersman’s demeanor, he decorated his office with a 900-pound totem pole and a collection of hunting trophies, including the pelt of a bear he claimed to have strangled himself.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
Restrictions on gatherings and a nightly curfew have done little to stem infections, critics say, but they have strangled the informal economy that provides cash-in-hand wages to millions of people.
From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2021
The spirit of mutual concession—that spirit which first gave us the Constitution, and has thrice saved the Union—we shall have strangled and cast from us for ever.
From Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 by Abraham Lincoln
