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estrangle

estrangle verb: to strangle.

Verb

estrangle (third-person singular simple present estrangles, present participle estrangling, simple past and past participle estrangled)

  1. (obsolete) To strangle.

Forms of estrangle

third-person singular presentestrangles
present participleestrangling
past participleestrangled
pastestrangled

Origin of estrangle

From Middle English estranglen, rare and late variant of stranglen, from Old French estrangler.

Questions about estrangle

What does estrangle mean?
Estrangle means to strangle.
What part of speech is estrangle?
Estrangle is a verb.
What is the past tense of estrangle?
The past tense of estrangle is estrangled.

Words near estrangle in the dictionary

  1. estrangers
  2. estranges
  3. estrangest
  4. estrangeth
  5. estranging
  6. estrangle
  7. estrangled
  8. estrangles
  9. estrangling
  10. estrapade
  11. estrapades

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