Strangle

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
  • intransitive verb. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.
  • intransitive verb. To suppress, repress, or stifle.
  • intransitive verb. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict.
  • intransitive verb. To become strangled.
  • intransitive verb. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To choke by compression of the windpipe; kill by choking; throttle.
  • To suppress; keep from emergence or appearance; stifle.
  • To suffocate by drowning. Defoe.
  • To be choked or strangled.
  • noun. Strangulation.
  • noun. plural An infectious catarrh of the upper air-passages, especially the nasal cavity, of the horse, ass, and mule, associated with suppuration of the submaxillary and other lymphatic glands.
  • noun. In wrestling, a hold by which the wrestler's breathing is hampered.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To be strangled, or suffocated.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
  • transitive verb. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
  • verb. To stifle or suppress an action.
  • verb. To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • verb. prevent the progress or free movement of
  • verb. die from strangulation
  • verb. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
  • verb. conceal or hide
  • verb. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
  • Word Usage
    "Midway through the session, one large trader pursued a "strangle" -- buying November $105 calls and November $60 puts."