strangle — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   scrag

   Beispiele

   She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.

2. To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

3. To stifle or suppress.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   He strangled a scream.

4. To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv

   Beispiele

   The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.

5. To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv

   Beispiele

   Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

   Her, vvhom his furie hath from earth exil'd, / And in the ſtrangling vvaters drencht his child; […]

Substantiv

1. 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.

   Verwandte Wörter

   asphyxiatechokegagquerksuffocatethrottle

Verb

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

   Synonyme

   strangulatethrottle

   Oberbegriffe

   kill

   Beispiele

   he tried to strangulate his opponent

   A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

2. suppress in order to conceal or hide

   Synonyme

   smotherstiflemufflerepress

   Oberbegriffe

   inhibitbottle upsuppress

   Beispiele

   smother a yawn

   muffle one's anger

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   strangle a laugh

   repress a cry of fear

3. die from strangulation

   Oberbegriffe

   suffocatestifleasphyxiate

4. prevent the progress or free movement of

   Synonyme

   hamperhaltercramp

   Oberbegriffe

   restricttrammellimitboundconfinethrottle

   Beispiele

   He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather

   the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries

5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

   Synonyme

   choke

   Oberbegriffe

   compressconstrictsqueezecompactcontractpress

6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   Synonyme

   gagchokesuffocate

   Oberbegriffe

   sufferhurtache

   Beispiele

   he swallowed a fishbone and gagged