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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.
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Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself. --Ayliffe.
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2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
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Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.
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3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
``Strangle such thoughts.'' --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself. --Ayliffe.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And
there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
``Strangle such thoughts.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
strangled
adj : held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a
stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed
laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, suppressed]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
strangled
vb.
(infl of en strangle ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
strangled
vb.
(infl of en strangle ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
strangled
vb.
(infl of en strangle ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
strangled
vb.
(infl of en strangle ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
strangled
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm s trangle d)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
strangled
Engelska a.
(avledning en strangle ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb strangle)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/ مخنوقFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]potlačovaný
strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]škrcený
strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]tlumený
strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/
erdrosselt, stranguliert
Synonyms: throttled, choked to death
see: throttle sb., strangle sb., choke sb. to death, throttling, strangling, choking to death, throttles, strangles, chokes to death, throttled, strangled
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/
erdrosselte, strangulierte
Synonym: throttled
see: throttle sb., strangle sb., choke sb. to death, throttling, strangling, choking to death, throttled, strangled, choked to death, throttles, strangles, chokes to death
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
strangled /stɹˈaŋɡəld/
erwürgt, gewürgt
"I/he/she strangled" - ich/er/sie erwürgte, ich/er/sie würgte
"he/she has/had strangled" - er/sie hat/hatte erwürgt, er/sie hat/hatte gewürgt
see: strangle, strangling
From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]strangled /stræŋgld/From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]duslus, prislopintas
strangled /ˈstræŋgəld/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]zduszony
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈstɹæŋɡəɫd/
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "strangled":
blurred, brassy, brazen, breathy, choked, choking, clamped, coarse,
compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted,
contracted, cracked, cramped, croaking, croaky, drawling, drawly,
dry, dysphonic, gruff, guttural, harsh, harsh-sounding, hawking,
hoarse, husky, inarticulate, indistinct, knitted, lisping,
metallic, mispronounced, muzzy, nasal, nipped, pinched, pinched-in,
puckered, pursed, quavering, ragged, raucid, raucous, rough, roupy,
rude, shaking, shaky, snuffling, solidified, squawking, squawky,
squeezed, stertorous, stifled, strangulated, thick, throaty, tinny,
tremulous, twangy, velar, wasp-waisted, wrinkled