verb
ADVERB
▪ almost , half , nearly , practically
▪ slowly
VERB + STRANGLE
▪ try to
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
He was ~d with a scarf.
PHRASES
▪ be found ~d
▪ be ~d to death
▪ ~ sb/sth at birth ( BrE , often figurative )
▪
This project should have been ~d at birth.