"strangle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strangle.wav Forms: strangles [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stranglen}} Middle English stranglen, {{der|en|fro|estrangler|}} Old French estrangler, {{der|en|la|strangulō|strangulō, strangulāre}} Latin strangulō, strangulāre, {{der|en|grc|στραγγαλόομαι|t=to strangle}} Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), {{noncog|enm|wirien}} Middle English wirien, {{noncog|en|worry}} English worry Head templates: {{en-noun}} strangle (plural strangles)
  1. (finance) A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices. Categories (topical): Finance, Death, Violence Related terms: asphyxiate, choke, gag, querk, suffocate, throttle
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Verb

IPA: /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strangle.wav Forms: strangles [present, singular, third-person], strangling [participle, present], strangled [participle, past], strangled [past]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stranglen}} Middle English stranglen, {{der|en|fro|estrangler|}} Old French estrangler, {{der|en|la|strangulō|strangulō, strangulāre}} Latin strangulō, strangulāre, {{der|en|grc|στραγγαλόομαι|t=to strangle}} Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), {{noncog|enm|wirien}} Middle English wirien, {{noncog|en|worry}} English worry Head templates: {{en-verb}} strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)
  1. (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-strangle-en-verb-LXf0Faip
  2. (transitive) To stifle or suppress. Tags: transitive Translations (to stifle or suppress): сподавям (spodavjam) (Bulgarian), 抑制 (yìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 压制 (yāzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), potlačit (Czech), onderdrukken (Dutch), elfojt (Hungarian), nanati (Maori), natinati (Maori), stranglen (Middle English), подавля́ть (podavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подави́ть (podavítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), nyonga (Swahili), undertrycka (Swedish), приду́шувати (prydúšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), придуши́ти (prydušýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-strangle-en-verb-j9Kn9wXT Disambiguation of 'to stifle or suppress': 6 87 2 4
  3. (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-strangle-en-verb-cunbAIrb
  4. (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-strangle-en-verb-5YCWT~nn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: strangleable, stranglehold, stranglement, strangler, strangle the parrot, strangling, strangling angel, strangling angel of children, strangling fig Related terms: strangulate, strangulation Translations (to kill someone by strangulation): ἄγχω (ánkhō) (Ancient Greek), στραγγαλίζω (strangalízō) (Ancient Greek), خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa) (Arabic), boğmaq (Azerbaijani), itota hil (Basque), душы́ць (dušýcʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), прыдушы́ць (prydušýcʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), hugot (Bikol Central), удушавам (udušavam) (Bulgarian), estrangular (Catalan), escanyar (Catalan), 扼殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 扼杀 (èshā) (Chinese Mandarin), uškrtit (Czech), dávit (Czech), kvæle (Danish), wurgen (Dutch), worgen (Dutch), strangoli (Esperanto), kuristaa (Finnish), étrangler (French), esganar (Galician), estrangular (Galician), დაგუდვა (dagudva) [noun-from-verb] (Georgian), გუდავს (gudavs) [infinitive] (Georgian), დახრჩობა (daxrčoba) [noun-from-verb] (Georgian), ახრჩობს (axrčobs) [infinitive] (Georgian), strangulieren (German), erwürgen (German), στραγγαλίζω (strangalízo) (Greek), חנק (khanák) (Hebrew), חנק למוות (khanák lamávet) (Hebrew), megfojt (Hungarian), fojtogat (Hungarian), mencekik (Indonesian), tacht (Irish), strangolare (Italian), 絞め殺す (shimekorosu) (alt: しめころす) (Japanese), ច្របាច់ក (crɑbac kɑɑ) (Khmer), ត្របែងក (trɑbaeŋ kɑɑ) (Khmer), រឹតក (riit kɑɑ) (Khmer), 교살하다 (gyosalhada) (Korean), angō (Latin), strangulō (Latin), suffōcō (Latin), offōcō (Latin), pasmaugti (Lithuanian), ronarona (Maori), nanati (Maori), tārona (Maori), stranglen (Middle English), êtranglyi (Norman), fetisandin (Northern Kurdish), загрълꙗти (zagrŭljati) [imperfective] (Old Church Slavonic), āwyrġan (Old English), wyrgan (Old English), بوغمق (boğmak) (Ottoman Turkish), estrangular (Portuguese), sufocar (Portuguese), sipiy (Quechua), души́ть (dušítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задуши́ть (zadušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), придуши́ть (pridušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), tachd (Scottish Gaelic), mùch (Scottish Gaelic), zadaviti (Serbo-Croatian), zaškrtiť (Slovak), estrangular (Spanish), nyonga (Swahili), strypa (Swedish), sumakal (Tagalog), manakal (Tagalog), sakalin (Tagalog), บีบคอ (bìip-kɔɔ) (Thai), boğmak (Turkish), души́ти (dušýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), задуши́ти (zadušýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), придуши́ти (prydušýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), bóp nghẹt (Vietnamese), tagu (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'to kill someone by strangulation': 48 5 47 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled."
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          "ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:",
          "text": "Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?",
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          "ref": "1626, Ovid, “The Eighth Booke”, in George Sandys, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, page 165:",
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      "_dis1": "48 5 47 1",
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      "roman": "ḵanaqa",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "خَنَقَ"
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      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "boğmaq"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "itota hil"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dušýcʹ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "душы́ць"
    },
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      "roman": "prydušýcʹ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
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      "word": "прыдушы́ць"
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      "code": "bcl",
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      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "hugot"
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      "word": "חנק למוות"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "megfojt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "fojtogat"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "mencekik"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "tacht"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "strangolare"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimekorosu",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "絞め殺す"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "crɑbac kɑɑ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "ច្របាច់ក"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trɑbaeŋ kɑɑ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "ត្របែងក"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "riit kɑɑ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "រឹតក"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyosalhada",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "교살하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "fetisandin"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "angō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "strangulō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "suffōcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "offōcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "pasmaugti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "ronarona"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "nanati"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "tārona"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "stranglen"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "êtranglyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "zagrŭljati",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загрълꙗти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "āwyrġan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "wyrgan"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "sipiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dušítʹ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "души́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadušítʹ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "задуши́ть"
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      "roman": "pridušítʹ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
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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"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "zadaviti"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "zaškrtiť"
    },
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      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "sakalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bìip-kɔɔ",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "บีบคอ"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zadušýty",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "задуши́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prydušýty",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "придуши́ти"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "bóp nghẹt"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to kill someone by strangulation",
      "word": "tagu"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spodavjam",
      "sense": "to stifle or suppress",
      "word": "сподавям"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìzhì",
      "sense": "to stifle or suppress",
      "word": "抑制"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yāzhì",
      "sense": "to stifle or suppress",
      "word": "压制"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stifle or suppress",
      "word": "potlačit"
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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",
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      "sense": "to stifle or suppress",
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      "word": "stranglen"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "приду́шувати"
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