What part of speech is strangled?

Strangled can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. strangled is a verb, past participle of strangle (infinitive).
  • 2. strangled is a verb, past simple of strangle (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does strangled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

strangled - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"

Verb

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"
strangle - die from strangulation
strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
strangle - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
strangle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
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"

Examples of strangled

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A strangled scream.
2. verb Investigators said the nun, Margaret Ann Pahl, 71, was strangled and then stabbed, with nine wounds on her chest forming the shape of an inverted cross, a well-recognized Satanic symbol.
3. verb The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.
4. verb She was lying on the floor, strangled by a harp string.
5. verb The stranger strangled the stranded stripper.
6. verb Tom was strangled.
7. verb They say that Tom strangled Mary to death.
8. verb We know that Tom was strangled.
9. verb I strangled one.
10. verb She strangled a cat.
11. verb Tom was found strangled in his apartment.
12. verb Dan strangled Linda with a pillow case.
13. verb Detectives said Tom strangled his girlfriend.
14. verb Tom was strangled in his sleep.
15. verb Tom strangled Mary with a rope.
16. verb There were so many rules and it strangled the creativity out of the task.
Sentence  
adj.
A strangled scream.
verb
Investigators said the nun, Margaret Ann Pahl, 71, was strangled and then stabbed, with nine wounds on her chest forming the shape of an inverted cross, a well-recognized Satanic symbol.
The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.
She was lying on the floor, strangled by a harp string.
The stranger strangled the stranded stripper.
Tom was strangled.
They say that Tom strangled Mary to death.
We know that Tom was strangled.
I strangled one.
She strangled a cat.
Tom was found strangled in his apartment.
Dan strangled Linda with a pillow case.
Detectives said Tom strangled his girlfriend.
Tom was strangled in his sleep.
Tom strangled Mary with a rope.
There were so many rules and it strangled the creativity out of the task.

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