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Strangle has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.

Verb
1

kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

"he tried to strangulate his opponent"

"A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

2

suppress in order to conceal or hide

"smother a yawn"

"muffle one's anger"

"strangle a laugh"

"repress a cry of fear"

3

die from strangulation

4

prevent the progress or free movement of

"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"

"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

5

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

6

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

7

To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.

Example Sentences
"he tried to strangulate his opponent" verb
"A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" verb
"smother a yawn" verb
"muffle one's anger" verb
"strangle a laugh" verb
"repress a cry of fear" verb
"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather" verb
"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" verb
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" verb
See Also
strangulation suffocate stranglest garroter choke oxygen stranglingly suppress
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
kill inhibit suffocate restrict compress suffer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
garrote
Rhyming Words
egle ogle ingle regle aegle nagle fogle engle vogle bugle angle bogle fugle oggle gangle waggle jiggle gaggle muggle wiggle
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