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strangle

English

  1. 🔊 die from strangulation
  2. 🔊 kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
    “he tried to strangulate his opponent”
  3. 🔊 constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
  4. 🔊 struggle for breath
    “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”
  5. 🔊 suppress in order to conceal or hide
    “smother a yawn”
  6. 🔊 prevent the progress or free movement of
    “He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 agarrotar to strangle
  2. 🔊 ahorcar to strangle
  3. 🔊 estrangular to strangle

Similar words

gag choke suffocate choke hamper halter cramp smother stifle muffle repress strangulate throttle od abbreviate asphyxiate bang bar barricade batten batten down be killed behead block