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  • 21Strangle hold — Stran gle hold 1. (Wrestling) a hold by which one s opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. a forceful influence that strongly inhibits freedom of action; as, the oil price jump put a stranglehold on the economy.… …

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  • 22Strangle (options) — In finance, a strangle is an investment strategy involving the purchase or sale of particular option derivatives that allows the holder to profit based on how much the price of the underlying security moves, with relatively minimal exposure to… …

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  • 23Strangle knot — Knot details name=Strangle knot caption= names= type=binding strength= origin= related=Double overhand knot, Constrictor knot, Double fisherman s knot releasing= uses= caveat= abok number=#1239The Strangle knot is a simple binding knot. Similar… …

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  • 24Strangle Stategy — This article is about the financial investment strategy. It is similar to Straddle.In finance, a strangle is an investment strategy involving the purchase or sale of particular option derivatives that allows the holder to profit based on how much …

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  • 25strangle spread — Makes maximum use of the premium s time value decay. To utilize a strangle most profitably, choose a market that is trading within a given range (volatility peaking), and sell an out of the money call and an out of the money put. The CENTER… …

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  • 26strangle-weed — strangˈle weed noun A name applied to various parasitic plants, eg dodder, broomrape, that have a strangling effect on crop plants • • • Main Entry: ↑strangle …

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  • 27strangle — verb (strangled; strangling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē halter more at strain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to choke to death by compressing… …

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  • 28strangle — strangler, n. stranglingly, adv. /strang geuhl/, v., strangled, strangling. v.t. 1. to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord. 2. to kill by stopping …

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  • 29strangle — verb a) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid. b) …

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  • 30strangle — To suffocate; to choke; to compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air. [G. strangaloo, to choke, fr. strangale, a halter] * * * stran·gle straŋ gəl vb, stran·gled; stran·gling g(ə )liŋ vt …

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