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strangle
[strang-guhl]
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.
to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate.
Synonyms: smotherto prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or action of; suppress.
Censorship strangles a free press.
verb (used without object)
to be choked, stifled, or suffocated.
strangle
/ ˈstræŋɡəl /
verb
(tr) to kill by compressing the windpipe; throttle
(tr) to prevent or inhibit the growth or development of
to strangle originality
(tr) to suppress (an utterance) by or as if by swallowing suddenly
to strangle a cry
Other Word Forms
- strangler noun
- stranglingly adverb
- unstrangled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of strangle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of strangle1
Example Sentences
Carrick would strangle her, call her abusive names and kick her out of the house if she did not obey him.
One year since Harshita Brella was strangled to death in the UK, there is a sense of disbelief in her family home in the Indian capital Delhi.
A sluggish economy, daily attacks on fuel convoys and a loss of territorial control: Mali's ruling junta is facing an existential crisis as a fuel blockade gradually strangles the capital Bamako and other regions.
The public rebuke of Gunvor marked an escalation in Washington’s effort to strangle Russia’s oil income, which has fueled Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
"When I was standing with my placard and talking to a policeman, a man in his 50s came up to us. He leant forward and said: 'Just strangle her.'"
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