verb#6,456 by frequency
strangle
/ˈstɹæŋɡəl/
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not; To stifle or suppress
- he/she/it
- strangles
- past participle
- strangled
Meanings
- 1
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply
Tom strangled Mary with a rope.
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I think Tom was strangled.
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- 2
To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not
- 3
To stifle or suppress
- 4
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangledrare
- 5
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any mannerrare