Adjective: strangled strang-guld- Held in check with difficulty
"a strangled scream"; - smothered, stifled, suppressed Verb: strangle strang-gul- Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
"A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"; - strangulate, throttle - Suppress in order to conceal or hide
"strangle a laugh"; - smother, stifle, muffle, repress - Die from strangulation
- Prevent the progress or free movement of
"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"; - hamper, halter, cramp - Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- choke - Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- gag, choke, suffocate
See also: inhibited Type of: asphyxiate, bottle up, bound, compact, compress, confine, constrict, contract, hurt, inhibit, kill, limit, press, restrict, squeeze, stifle, suffer, suffocate, suppress, throttle, trammel Encyclopedia: Strangled Strangle |