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strangled
stran·gle S0794100 (străng′gəl)v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr.1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.2. To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.3. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: "That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms" (James Baldwin).v.intr.1. To become strangled.2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.
[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]
stran′gler n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | strangled - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"smothered, stifled, suppressedinhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" |
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Synonyms for strangledadj held in check with difficultySynonyms- smothered
- stifled
- suppressed
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