Definisjon av strangle

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Verb

strangle - 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"
strangulate, throttle
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
garotte, garrote, garrotte, scrag strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
strangle - die from strangulation
asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
choke
compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
strangle - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
gag, choke, suffocate
hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
strangle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
smother, stifle, muffle, repress
stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"
strangle - 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"
hamper, halter, cramp
trammel, limit, throttle, bound, restrict, restrain, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
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Verb

strangle - To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
strangle - To stifle or suppress an action.
strangle - To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • strangle
    To squeeze the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea, possibly leading to unconsciousness or death.
  • strangle
    To kill by squeezing the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea.
  • strangle
    Putting or winding something very tightly around a neck, which causes strangulation, inhibits breathing, and ends in death.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) strangle
  • Presens: strangle / strangles
  • Preteritum: strangled
  • Perfektum: (have) strangled

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