meaning of strangle2
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.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
4. To be strangled, or suffocated.
5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and
">gagged"
Related Words
strangle | strangleable | strangled | stranglehold | strangler | strangler fig | strangler tree | strangles | strangling |
