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Pronunciation : Stran"gle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OF. estrangler, F. ?trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Stran"gle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be strangled, or suffocated.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913