strangle

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Source: opted

3. v. t. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. Source: opted

4. v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated. Source: opted

5. v. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air Source: wordnet

6. v. suppress in order to conceal or hide Source: wordnet

7. v. die from strangulation Source: wordnet

8. v. prevent the progress or free movement of Source: wordnet

9. v. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing Source: wordnet

10. v. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

12. v:100 v. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air v. die from strangulation Source: ecdict

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