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strangle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr & vb n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr ?, ?, fr ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf {Strain}, {String}.] 1. 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. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. ``Strangle such thoughts.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: strangle v : squeeze the throat of "he tried to strangle his opponent" [syn: {strangulate}, {throttle}]
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