transcription, транскрипция: [ stræŋg(ə)l ]
( strangles, strangling, strangled)
1.
To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun...
= throttle
VERB : V n
2.
To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
The country’s economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions...
VERB : V n