strangled
Americanadjective
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sounding as if made by a constricted throat.
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not able to continue or grow because of suppression.
Example Sentences
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It has one of the largest oil industries in the world, but it has been strangled for years by international sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
The conflict with Iran has strangled movement through the Persian Gulf and catapulted the price of a barrel of oil.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
The war has strangled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a U-bend-like chokepoint off the Iranian coast that acts as a highway for more than a third of the world’s oceangoing oil exports each year.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
Outplayed with bat and ball, they were strangled by Pakistan's spinners.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
At that precise moment, a strangled yell echoed down the boys’ staircase.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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