transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstræŋɡl ]
v.tr. 1 squeeze the windpipe or neck of, esp. so as to kill. 2 hamper or suppress (a movement, impulse, cry, etc.). øøstrangler n. [ME f. OF estrangler f. L strangulare f. Gk straggalao f. straggale halter: cf. straggos twisted]