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strangle
verb [T] /ˈstræŋ.ɡl̩/Definition
› to kill someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe: She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.Murder and attempted murderKillingBreathing and stopping breathing › to stop something from developing: For years, the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy. There is a great deal of fear that the new restrictions might strangle the country's economy.Causing something to endComing to an end
(Definition of strangle verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Murder & attempted murder
Synonyms and related words:
- assassinate verb
- assassination noun
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- blow sb's brains out idiom
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