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strangled
(encz) | strangled,potlačovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
strangled
(encz) | strangled,škrcený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
strangled
(encz) | strangled,tlumený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Strangled
(gcide) | Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.
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Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself. --Ayliffe.
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2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
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Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.
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3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
"Strangle such thoughts." --Shak.
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strangled
(wn) | strangled
adj 1: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a
stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed
laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled,
suppressed] |
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strangled
(encz) | strangled,potlačovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožstrangled,škrcený adj: Zdeněk Brožstrangled,tlumený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
stifled strangled suppressed
(gcide) | inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain
conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited.
[Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled,
strangled, suppressed ] Also See: reserved,
restrained.
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2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal
emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too
inhibited to make friends easily.
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strangled
(wn) | strangled
adj 1: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a
stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed
laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled,
suppressed] |
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