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strangle
1. To kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and to prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
2. To kill by stopping the breath in any manner; to choke; to stifle; to suffocate.
3. To struggle for breath; to have insufficient oxygen intake.
4. To prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or action of; to suppress: "It is said that censorship strangles the free press."
2. To kill by stopping the breath in any manner; to choke; to stifle; to suffocate.
3. To struggle for breath; to have insufficient oxygen intake.
4. To prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or action of; to suppress: "It is said that censorship strangles the free press."
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string-, strict-, strain-, -stringence, -stringency, -stringe, -stringent
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(Latin: to strangle; to choke)