Thesaurus: strangle

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
3. v. t. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
4. v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.
5. v. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
6. v. suppress in order to conceal or hide
7. v. die from strangulation
8. v. prevent the progress or free movement of
9. v. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
10. v. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
11. 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. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe. 2. 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 Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak. To be strangled, or suffocated.
12. v:100 v. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air v. die from strangulation