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VERB (6)

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
- Example: "he tried to strangle his opponent"
- Example: "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
[syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle]

2. conceal or hide;
- Example: "smother a yawn"
- Example: "muffle one's anger"
- Example: "strangle a yawn"
[syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress]

3. die from strangulation;

4. prevent the progress or free movement of;
- Example: "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
- Example: "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
[syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]

5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing;
[syn: choke, strangle]

6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
- Example: "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
[syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]

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