strangle
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strangle
- /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩]
- /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/ Canada, US
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl] Canada, US
- [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] Canada, US
- /ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)l/ Canada, US
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɛ̃ŋɡəl] Canada, US
- [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɛ̃ŋɡl̩] Canada, US
Rhymes with -æŋɡəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
verb strangles · strangling · strangled
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To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
Similar: scrag
- To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
- To stifle or suppress. He strangled a scream.
- To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled. The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
noun strangles
- A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: throttle, strangulate, smother, stifle, suffocate, choke, crush, squeeze, snap, kill, starve, quell, suppress, muffle, deprive, jeopardize
Translations
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verb to kill someone by strangulation
| Español | estrangular |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교살하다 gyosalhada |
| 日本語 | 絞め殺す shimekorosu |
| 中文 | 扼殺 /扼杀 èshā, 勒死 lèsǐ |
| Kiswahili | nyonga |
| Português | estrangular, sufocar |
| Français | étrangler |
| Deutsch | strangulieren, erwürgen |
| Italiano | strangolare |
| Ελληνικά | στραγγαλίζω strangalízo |
| Русский | души́ть dušítʹ, задуши́ть zadušítʹ, придуши́ть pridušítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bóp nghẹt |
| العربية | خَنَقَ ḵanaqa |
| עברית | חנק khanák, חנק למוות khanák lamávet |
verb to stifle or suppress
| 中文 | 抑制 yìzhì, 压制 yāzhì |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | nyonga |
| Русский | подавля́ть podavljátʹ, подави́ть podavítʹ |
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title = {strangle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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