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/strˈæŋgəl/ Listen

verb

Strangle v. t. (past & past part. strangled; pres. part. strangling)

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. "Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself."

To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. "Shall I not then be stifled in the vault,... And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?"

To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts."

Strangle v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.

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Etymology of 'Strangle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Strangle" Quotes from Famous Books

... length he did take in the fact, he flung his arms round my neck for the second time that day, and did his best to strangle me. Then, under a sudden impulse, he thrust me out into the passage and shut and locked ...

— The Big Otter • R.M. Ballantyne

... Benson, who stopped the blow very neatly, and seemed about to return it with a left-hander; then suddenly changing his style of attack, he rushed within the other's guard, and catching him by the throat with both hands, did his best to strangle him. Hunter, unable to call for help or to loosen the throttling grasp of his assailant, threw himself bodily upon him. As he was about twice Benson's size and weight, the experiment succeeded. Harry was thrown off his feet and precipitated ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... could strangle you and him too! Ha, you thought I was not looking this afternoon when he came! He went to the corner of the road with the parson, and when the parson was out of sight he came back! I ...

— A Tale of a Lonely Parish • F. Marion Crawford

... can strangle song And not for long death takes his toll. No prison bars can dim the stars Nor quicklime ...

— Main Street and Other Poems • Alfred Joyce Kilmer

... permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wondered at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. ..." ...

— The Man Shakespeare • Frank Harris

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