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strangling
(encz) | strangling,škrtící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Strangling
(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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strangling
(wn) | strangling
n 1: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the
windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the
accused" [syn: choking, strangling, strangulation,
throttling] |
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