STRANGLE
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Stran"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling (?).] [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.] 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.
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Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
Ayliffe.
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2. 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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3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. “Strangle such thoughts.” Shak.
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Stran"gle, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.
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