strangled

[strang-guhld]

adjective

1. sounding as if made by a constricted throat.

2. not able to continue or grow because of suppression.

Example Sentences

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.

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But, five months later, officers told her they did have a disclosure: her boyfriend was known to have strangled previous partners.

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A few minutes later, he also stabbed and strangled 33-year-old Josh to death when he arrived back from work.

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Speaking to the BBC at the time, the lawyer, John Maina Ndegwa, said the suspect had been "strangled to confess. You could tell he was in distress, terrified and in anguish."

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It is alleged that some victims of the massacre were strangled if they took too long to starve to death.

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