01 v. t. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the thr…
imp. & p. p.
Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strangling
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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.
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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.
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3.
To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.