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Stran"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling (?).] [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.] 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.

Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
Ayliffe.

2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.

Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Shak.

3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.

Stran"gle, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.

Stran"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling (?).] [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.] 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.

Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
Ayliffe.

2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.

Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Shak.

3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.

Stran"gle, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • 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
  • to stifle or suppress an action
         She stifled a scream
  • to be killed by strangulation, or become strangled
         The cat slipped from the branch and became strangled by its bell-collar
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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