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stranglesverbpresent tense third-person singular of strangle to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable airthe gull got tangled in a piece of fishing line on the beach and was strangled chokes, smothers, stifles, suffocates garrotes(or garottes), throttlesasphyxiatesdrownscroaks(slang), destroys, dispatches, does in, fells, slays breathes, exhales, expires, inhales, inspiresresuscitates, revives to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipethe boy complained that he was being strangled by his tie chokes, garrotes(or garottes), suffocates, throttles asphyxiates, smothers, stiflesscrags restores, resuscitates, revives to refrain from openly showing or utteringstrangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news chokes (back), holds back, pockets, represses, sinks, smothers, stifles, submerges, suppresses, swallows controls, governs, managesbridles, checks, curbs, quashes, quellsbottles up, containsmuffles, squelches expresses, looses, releases, takes out, unleashes, vents ca. 1706 |