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strangle

 
Verb strangle has 6 senses
  1. strangle, strangulate, throttle - kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived forms: noun strangulation1, noun strangler1, noun strangler2, noun strangling1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to strangle the prisoners
  2. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
    --2 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. strangle - die from strangulation
    --3 is one way to
    suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
    Derived form: noun strangulation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. hamper, halter, cramp, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
    --4 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. choke, strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
    --5 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    Derived form: noun strangulation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  6. gag, choke, strangle, suffocate - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
    --6 is one way to suffer, hurt
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s on something
    Somebody ----s PP
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