strangle

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)l/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈstræŋɡəl/

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• Hyphenation: stran‧gle

Verb

Plain form strangle

Third-person singular strangles

Past tense strangled

Past participle strangled

Present participle strangling

1. (transitive) If you strangle someone, you kill them by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply
   • Synonyms: choke, suffocate and throttle

   He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.

Related words

• strangulation