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},
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},
{
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"word": "stranglement"
},
{
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"word": "strangler"
},
{
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"word": "strangle the parrot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "strangling"
},
{
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"word": "strangling angel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "strangling angel of children"
},
{
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"word": "strangling fig"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "stranglen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stranglen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "estrangler",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Old French estrangler",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "strangulō",
"4": "strangulō, strangulāre"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
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"2": "grc",
"3": "στραγγαλόομαι",
"t": "to strangle"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στραγγάλη",
"t": "a halter"
},
"expansion": "στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στραγγός",
"t": "twisted"
},
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"name": "m"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "string"
},
"expansion": "string",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "wirien"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wirien",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "awurien",
"t": "to strangle"
},
"expansion": "awurien (“to strangle”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "worry"
},
"expansion": "English worry",
"name": "noncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strangles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "strangling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "strangled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "strangled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"stran‧gle"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "strangulate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "strangulation"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range",
"text": "And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle."
],
"id": "en-strangle-en-verb-LXf0Faip",
"links": [
[
"kill",
"kill"
],
[
"throat",
"throat"
],
[
"oxygen",
"oxygen"
],
[
"supply",
"supply"
],
[
"choke",
"choke"
],
[
"suffocate",
"suffocate"
],
[
"throttle",
"throttle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He strangled a scream.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stifle or suppress."
],
"id": "en-strangle-en-verb-j9Kn9wXT",
"links": [
[
"stifle",
"stifle"
],
[
"suppress",
"suppress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To stifle or suppress."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spodavjam",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "сподавям"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìzhì",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "抑制"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāzhì",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "压制"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "potlačit"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "onderdrukken"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "elfojt"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "nanati"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "natinati"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "stranglen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavljátʹ",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подавля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavítʹ",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подави́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "nyonga"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "undertrycka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prydúšuvaty",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приду́шувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 2 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prydušýty",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "придуши́ти"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹæŋɡəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋɡəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵanaqa",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "خَنَقَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "boğmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "itota hil"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dušýcʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "душы́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prydušýcʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прыдушы́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "hugot"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udušavam",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "удушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "estrangular"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "escanyar"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "扼殺"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èshā",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "扼杀"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "uškrtit"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "dávit"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "kvæle"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "wurgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "worgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "strangoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "kuristaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "étrangler"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "esganar"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "estrangular"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dagudva",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
],
"word": "დაგუდვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gudavs",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
],
"word": "გუდავს"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxrčoba",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
],
"word": "დახრჩობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axrčobs",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
],
"word": "ახრჩობს"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "strangulieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "erwürgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "strangalízo",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "στραγγαλίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ánkhō",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "ἄγχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "strangalízō",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "στραγγαλίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khanák",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "חנק"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khanák lamávet",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "חנק למוות"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "megfojt"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "fojtogat"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "mencekik"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "tacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "strangolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"alt": "しめころす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimekorosu",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "絞め殺す"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "crɑbac kɑɑ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "ច្របាច់ក"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trɑbaeŋ kɑɑ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "ត្របែងក"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "riit kɑɑ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "រឹតក"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyosalhada",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "교살하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "fetisandin"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "angō"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "strangulō"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "suffōcō"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "offōcō"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "pasmaugti"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "ronarona"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "nanati"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "tārona"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "stranglen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "êtranglyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "āwyrġan"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "boğmak",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "بوغمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "estrangular"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "sipiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dušítʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "души́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadušítʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задуши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridušítʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "придуши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "tachd"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "mùch"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "zadaviti"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "zaškrtiť"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "estrangular"
},
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{
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{
"code": "id",
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "ត្របែងក"
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"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "riit kɑɑ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "រឹតក"
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"roman": "gyosalhada",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "교살하다"
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "fetisandin"
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"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
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"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "pasmaugti"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "ronarona"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "nanati"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "tārona"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "stranglen"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "êtranglyi"
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "āwyrġan"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "boğmak",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "بوغمق"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "estrangular"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "sufocar"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "sipiy"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dušítʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "души́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadušítʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
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"word": "задуши́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pridušítʹ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "придуши́ть"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "tachd"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "mùch"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "zadaviti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "zaškrtiť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "estrangular"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "nyonga"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "strypa"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "sumakal"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "manakal"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "sakalin"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bìip-kɔɔ",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "บีบคอ"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "boğmak"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dušýty",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "души́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"tags": [
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"word": "задуши́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
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"word": "придуши́ти"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "bóp nghẹt"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
"word": "tagu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spodavjam",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "сподавям"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìzhì",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "抑制"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāzhì",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "压制"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "onderdrukken"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "elfojt"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "nanati"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "natinati"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
"word": "stranglen"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to stifle or suppress",
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"roman": "prydúšuvaty",
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