Word Frequency
strangle (ˈstræŋɡəl
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Definitions
verb
- tr to kill by compressing the windpipe; throttle
- tr to prevent or inhibit the growth or development of ⇒
to strangle originality
- tr to suppress (an utterance) by or as if by swallowing suddenly ⇒
to strangle a cry
See also
stranglesWord Origin
C13: via Old French, ultimately from Greek strangalē a halterExample Sentences Including 'strangled'
A forensic examination would later show that she was raped before Budanov strangled her.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
He apparently strangled himself using a makeshift rope made of clothing attached to the top bunk in his cell at the Alachua County Jail.canada.com (2005)
He betrayed his own wife twice: first, when she was (wrongly) accused of wartime collaboration, and second, when in 1980 he strangled her.Spiked
He said in a strangled voice: `I'll kill you for this, Wong.The Lonely Sea
My diary simply said in reference to our discussion -- `I could have strangled him!ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
Police investigating the murder of a woman whose strangled body was found wrapped in a carpet are questioning two people.Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)
Several victims had been strangled or suffocated, Vasconcelos said.canada.com (2004)
The scarf with which Elaine Pulman had been strangled puzzled him.Widow's End
You know, Brannigan, sometimes I wish the guy who invented the drum machine had been strangled at birth.KICK BACK (2002)
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