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stran⋅gle

  [strang-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling.
–verb (used with object)
1. to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
2. to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate.
3. to prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or action of; suppress: Censorship strangles a free press.
–verb (used without object)
4. to be choked, stifled, or suffocated.
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Origin:
1250–1300; ME strangelen < OF estrangler < L strangulāre < Gk strangalân, deriv. of strangálē halter, akin to strangós twisted

Related forms:
strangler, noun
stran⋅gling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. garrote, throttle, choke. 2. smother. 3. check, repress, gag, muzzle.
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stran·gle   (strāng'gəl)   
v.   stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles

v.   tr.

    1. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.

    2. 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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Word Origin & History

strangle 
c.1300, from O.Fr. estrangler, from L. strangulare "to choke, stifle, check, constrain," from Gk. strangalan "choke, twist," from strangale "a halter, cord, lace," related to strangos "twisted," from PIE base *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see strain).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stran·gle
Pronunciation: 'stra[ng]-g&l
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: stran·gled; stran·gling /-g(&-)li[ng]/
transitive senses
1 : to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope)
2 : to obstructseriously or fatally the normal breathing of strangled him> strangle intransitive senses
1 : to become strangled : undergo a severe interference with breathing
2 : to die from interference with breathing
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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strangle stran·gle (strāng'gəl)
v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles
To compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air; suffocate.

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