| 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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