strangle

  • 41strangle — v 1. choke, throttle, squeeze, garrote, strangulate, bowstring, burke; stifle, suffocate, smother, gag, asphyxiate. 2. suppress, subdue, check, inhibit; repress, hold back, muzzle, restrain, restrict, curb; obstruct, clog, block, stop up, cramp,… …

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  • 42strangle — stran·gle …

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  • 43strangle — verb Syn: throttle, choke, garrotte, asphyxiate …

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  • 44strangle — [ˈstræŋg(ə)l] verb [T] 1) to kill a person or an animal by squeezing their throat 2) to stop the development of something …

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  • 45strangle — stran•gle [[t]ˈstræŋ gəl[/t]] v. gled, gling 1) pat to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air; throttle 2) pat to obstruct seriously or fatally the breathing of in any manner; choke; stifle;… …

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  • 46strangle — [c]/ˈstræŋgəl / (say strangguhl) verb (strangled, strangling) –verb (t) 1. to kill by compression of the windpipe, as by a cord around the neck. 2. to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate. 3. to prevent the… …

  • 47strangle —  Simultaneously selling call options or buying put options in a stock at different STRIKE PRICES equally OUT OF THE MONEY …

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  • 48strangle —    Umi, u umi, kā awe; ahamaka (in lua fighting).     Strangled, pu ua.     Strangling, umina.     Strangling cord, ka ane.     Strangling, choking sensation, kā awe awe …

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  • 49strangle — v.tr. 1 squeeze the windpipe or neck of, esp. so as to kill. 2 hamper or suppress (a movement, impulse, cry, etc.). Derivatives: strangler n. Etymology: ME f. OF estrangler f. L strangulare f. Gk straggalao f. straggale halter: cf. straggos… …

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  • 50Strangle a brownie — nothing to do with girl scouts! …

    Dictionary of Australian slang