verb [VN]
1 to kill sb by squeezing or pressing on their throat and neck:
to strangle sb to death * He strangled her with her own scarf. * Whenever she starts going on about her beloved son, I could cheerfully strangle her.
2 (written) to prevent sth from growing or developing:
The current monetary policy is strangling the economy. * 'Oh, no!' she cried, strangling a sob.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for strangle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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