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| stran·gle [ stráng g'l ] (past and past participle stran·gled, present participle stran·gling, 3rd person present singular stran·gles) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb kill or die by choking: to kill a person or an animal by squeezing the throat and cutting off oxygen to the lungs, or die in this way
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2. intransitive verb choke: to choke or suffocate
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3. transitive and intransitive verb suppress utterance: to suppress the utterance of a sound, or be suppressed
  strangled a sob
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4. transitive and intransitive verb stifle or be stifled in development: to hinder or stop the growth or development of something, or be hindered or stopped
Businesses say the high interest rates are strangling the economy.
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| [13th century. Via Old French estrangler< Latin strangulare (see strangulate)] |
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| stran·gler noun |
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