strangles
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As we saw when the B-2 came under attack the moment that it was unveiled, it strangles the pro-bomber case.
Is the Pentagon’s $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Too Big a Secret? | Bill Sweetman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThus it appears that the "iron ring" which strangles the income of labor, strangles equally the income of capital.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairFrom the inside there came a succession of thumps and blood-curdling groans and strangles.
When he is seriously sick his legal successor steals quietly into his house, and beats his brains out, or strangles him to death.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. WilliamsA second form of metastatic arthritis is met with in strangles.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
They go out, and as Deputy begins stone-throwing, Jasper half strangles him.
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for strangles
/ (ˈstræŋɡəlz) /
(functioning as singular) an acute bacterial disease of horses caused by infection with Streptococcus equi, characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, resulting in abscesses and a nasal discharge: Also called: equine distemper
Origin of strangles
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