[stran.gle] vb stran.gled ; stran.gling [ME, fr. MF estrangler, fr. L strangulare, fr. Gk strangalan, fr. strangale halter--more at strain] vt (14c) 1 a: to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope): throttle b: to obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of c: stifle
2: to suppress or hinder the rise, expression, or growth of ~ vi 1: to become strangled
2: to die from or as if from interference with breathing -- stran.gler n