strangle — English Dictionary

Verb

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   scrag

   Examples

   She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.

   More examples (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.

   Usage

   • Transitive

3. To stifle or suppress.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   He strangled a scream.

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

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

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

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

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   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; […]

Noun

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.

   Related words

   asphyxiatechokegagquerksuffocatethrottle

Verb

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

   Synonyms

   strangulatethrottle

   Broader terms

   kill

   Examples

   he tried to strangulate his opponent

   A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

2. suppress in order to conceal or hide

   Synonyms

   smotherstiflemufflerepress

   Broader terms

   inhibitbottle upsuppress

   Examples

   smother a yawn

   muffle one's anger

   More examples (2)

   strangle a laugh

   repress a cry of fear

3. die from strangulation

   Broader terms

   suffocatestifleasphyxiate

4. prevent the progress or free movement of

   Synonyms

   hamperhaltercramp

   Broader terms

   restricttrammellimitboundconfinethrottle

   Examples

   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

   Synonyms

   choke

   Broader terms

   compressconstrictsqueezecompactcontractpress

6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   Synonyms

   gagchokesuffocate

   Broader terms

   sufferhurtache

   Examples

   he swallowed a fishbone and gagged