strangled

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.

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[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]

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stran′gler n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

strangled - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" smothered, stifled, suppressed inhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"

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Translations

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strangled

[ˈstræŋg^əld] adj [voice, cry] → étranglé(e)

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strangled

adj voice, sound, laugh, cry → erstickt; in a strangled voice → mit erstickter Stimme

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