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Meaning of strangle
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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