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Webster 1913 Edition
Strangle
Stran′gle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Strangled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strangling
.] 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
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.
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.