STRANGLE


Meaning of STRANGLE in English

v.tr. 1 squeeze the windpipe or neck of, esp. so as to kill. 2 hamper or suppress (a movement, impulse, cry, etc.). strangler n.

[ ME f. OF estrangler f. L strangulare f. Gk straggalao f. straggale halter: cf. straggos twisted ]

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