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stran·gle
(străng′gəl)v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles
v.tr.
1.
a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.
2. To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.
3. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: "That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms" (James Baldwin).
v.intr.
1. To become strangled.
2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.
[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]
stran′gler n.
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| Noun | 1. |  strangling - the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"suffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen |
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