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Translating from English to German

Translations:

strangle
→ strangulieren
strangle
→ abdrosseln
strangle
→ abwürgen
strangle
→ erdrosseln
strangle
→ erwürgen
strangle
→ jemandem die Gurgel abdrücken
strangle
→ jemandem die Gurgel abschnüren
strangle
→ jemandem die Gurgel zudrücken
strangle
→ jemandem die Gurgel zuschnüren
strangle
→ Luft abschnüren
strangle
→ würgen

English definitions WordNet

VERB 6

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

    • “he tried to strangle his opponent”
    • “A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes”
    Synonymsstrangulatethrottle

  2. conceal or hide

    • “smother a yawn”
    • “muffle one's anger”
    • “strangle a yawn”
    Synonymssmotherstiflemufflerepress

  3. die from strangulation

Show 3 more meanings

  1. prevent the progress or free movement of

    • “He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather”
    • “the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries”
    Synonymshamperhaltercramp

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

    Synonymschoke

  3. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

    • “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”
    Synonymsgagchokesuffocate