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Webster 1913 Edition


Strangle

Stran′gle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Strangled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Strangling
.]
[OF.
estrangler
, F.
étrangler
, L.
strangulare
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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?
Shakespeare
3.
To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Strangle such thoughts.”
Shak.

Stran′gle

,
Verb.
I.
To be strangled, or suffocated.

Webster 1828 Edition


Strangle

STRANGLE

,
Verb.
T.
[L.]
1.
To choke; to suffocate; to destroy life by stopping respiration.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
2.
To suppress; to hinder from birth or appearance.

Definition 2024


strangle

strangle

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Verb

strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)

A drawing showing a woman being strangled.
  1. (transitive) To kill someone by 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.
  2. (transitive) To stifle or suppress an action.
    She strangled a scream.
  3. (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
    The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
  4. (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
    • Shakespeare
      Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, [] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

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