Category:Strangle

Stran"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.] Etym: [of. estrangler, f. étrangler, l. strangulare, gr. String, n. Cf. Strain, string.]

1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death Results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by Compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe.

2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall i not then be stifled in the vault,. . . And there die Strangled ere my romeo comes shak.

3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "strangle such Thoughts." Shak.

Strangle Stran"gle, v. i.

Defn: to be strangled, or suffocated.