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strangle
Found in thesaurus: conquer, subdue, inhibit, stifle, asphyxiate, bound, limit, throttle, compact, contract, squeeze, hurt
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strangle
v.
choke to death, throttle by compressing the windpipe and preventing the intake of air, asphyxiate; stifle, suppress
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Strangling
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain. Fatal strangling typically occurs in cases of violence, accidents, and as the auxiliary lethal mechanism in hangings in the event the neck does not break. Strangling does not have to be fatal; limited or interrupted strangling is practised in erotic asphyxia, in the choking game, and is an important technique in many combat sports and self-defence systems.
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strangle
Verb
1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
(synonym) strangulate, throttle
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
(entail) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
(derivation) choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling
2. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
(synonym) smother, stifle, muffle, repress
(hypernym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
3. die from strangulation
(hypernym) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
(derivation) strangulation
4. prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
(synonym) hamper, halter, cramp
(hypernym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
(synonym) choke
(hypernym) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
(cause) choke
(derivation) strangulation
6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
(synonym) gag, choke, suffocate
(hypernym) suffer, hurt
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strangle
v.
uškrtit; potlačit
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strangle
Czas.
dusić; tłumić
