GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Strangle , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling .] [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. , , fr.  a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
   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.
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   Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
   Ayliffe.
   
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   To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
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   Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . 
   And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
   Shak.
   
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   To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. “Strangle such thoughts.”
   Shak.
   
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   Strangle, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.
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