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English
Etymology
From Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulo
Verb
to strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)
- (transitive) To kill someone by strangulation (squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply); to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress an action.
- She strangled a scream.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- The cat slipped from the branch and became strangled by its bell-colla.
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