Definition of strangle Strangle

/stɹæˈŋgʌl/ - [stranggul] - stran•gle

We found 18 definitions of strangle from 6 different sources.

What does strangle mean?

WordNet

Verb strangles, strangling, strangled
strangle - 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"
		strangulate, throttle
		kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
		garotte, garrote, garrotte, scrag strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
strangle - die from strangulation
		asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
		choke
		compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
strangle - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
		gag, choke, suffocate
		hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
strangle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
		smother, stifle, muffle, repress
		stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"
strangle - 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"
		hamper, halter, cramp
		trammel, limit, throttle, bound, restrict, restrain, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

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Wiktionary

strangle (Verb)
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
strangle (Verb)
To stifle or suppress an action.
strangle (Verb)
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

strangle (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.
strangle (v. t.)
To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
strangle (v. t.)
To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
strangle (v. i.)
To be strangled, or suffocated.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

strangle
To squeeze the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea, possibly leading to unconsciousness or death.
strangle
To kill by squeezing the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea.
strangle
Putting or winding something very tightly around a neck, which causes strangulation, inhibits breathing, and ends in death.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

strangle
strang′gl, v.t. to compress the throat so as to prevent breathing and destroy life: to choke: to hinder from birth or appearance: to suppress.—n. Strang′ler.—n.pl. Strang′les, a contagious eruptive disorder peculiar to young horses.—n. Strang′le-weed, the dodder, the broom-rape.—v.t. Strang′ulate, to strangle: to compress so as to suppress or suspend function.—p.adj. Strang′ulated, having the function stopped by compression: constricted, much narrowed.—n. Strangulā′tion, act of strangling: compression of the throat and partial suffocation: the state of a part abnormally constricted. [O. Fr. estrangler (Fr. étrangler)—L. strangulāre, -ātum—Gr. strangaloein, to strangle, strangos, twisted.]