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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
- Example: "he tried to strangle his opponent"
- Example: "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
[syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle]

2. conceal or hide;
- Example: "smother a yawn"
- Example: "muffle one's anger"
- Example: "strangle a yawn"
[syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress]

3. die from strangulation;

4. prevent the progress or free movement of;
- Example: "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
- Example: "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
[syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]

5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing;
[syn: choke, strangle]

6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
- Example: "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
[syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
   strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
   string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
   1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
      death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
      death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
      rope.
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            Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
            strangle herself.                     --Ayliffe.
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   2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
      [1913 Webster]

            Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
            And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.
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   3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
      "Strangle such thoughts." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. i.
   To be strangled, or suffocated.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strangle
    v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
         "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has
         been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn:
         strangle, strangulate, throttle]
    2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
       "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
       muffle, repress]
    3: die from strangulation
    4: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in
       his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation
       wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
       countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
    5: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn:
       choke, strangle]
    6: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
       swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke,
       strangle, suffocate]