VERB | contact | strangle, strangulate, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
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contact | strangle, smother, stifle, muffle, repress | conceal or hide | |
change | strangle | die from strangulation | |
change | strangle, hamper, halter, cramp | prevent the progress or free movement of | |
body | strangle, choke | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | |
body | strangle, gag, choke, suffocate | struggle / struggle for breath |
Sounds | strae'nggahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to strangle the prisoners | |
Example | "he tried to strangle his opponent" | |
Synonyms | strangulate, throttle | |
Entails | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
Narrower | garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag | strangle with an iron collar |
Broader | kill | Cause to die |
Spanish | ahogar, estrangular | |
Catalan | estrangular | |
Nouns | strangler | someone who kills by strangling |
strangler | an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree | |
strangling, strangulation | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
Meaning | conceal or hide. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "strangle a yawn" | |
Synonyms | smother, stifle, muffle, repress | |
Broader | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | Control and refrain from showing |
Spanish | amortiguar, reprimir | |
Catalan | ofegar, reprimir, sufocar |
Meaning | die from strangulation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate | Be asphyxiated |
Spanish | estrangular | |
Nouns | strangulation | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage |
Meaning | prevent the progress or free movement of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" | |
Synonyms | hamper, halter, cramp | |
Broader | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
Spanish | acalambrar, dificultar, estrangular, obstaculizar | |
Catalan | dificultar, obstaculitzar |
Meaning | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonym | choke | |
Cause to | choke | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion |
Broader | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
Spanish | ahogar, asfixiar, estrangular, sofocar | |
Catalan | asfixiar, escanyar, estrangular, ofegar, sufocar | |
Nouns | strangulation | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage |
Meaning | struggle / struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | gag, choke, suffocate | |
Broader | suffer, hurt | Feel pain or be in pain |
Spanish | ahogar, asfixiar, estrangular, sofocar | |
Catalan | asfixiar, escanyar, estrangular, ofegar, sufocar |
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