STRANGLE


Meaning of STRANGLE in English

v. 25B6; verb

the victim was strangled with a scarf : THROTTLE, choke, garrotte; informal strangulate.

she strangled a sob : SUPPRESS, smother, stifle, repress, restrain, fight back, choke back.

bureaucracy is strangling commercial activity : HAMPER, hinder, impede, restrict, inhibit, curb, check, constrain, squash, crush, suppress, repress.

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