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.
is strangling
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present progressiveof strangle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Corruption is strangling or choking the nation," she said at her NARC-Kenya party office.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022
“The lack of action is strangling the game.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
“The rise in prices is strangling us, whether it is bread or other food products,” a retired teacher Hassan Kazem told AFP news agency.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
"It is quite clear that infrastructure is strangling the economy in the south west," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2021
The villages form a ring of human settlement around the volcano, and the ring is steadily closing around the forest on its slopes, a noose that is strangling the wild habitat of the mountain.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
