strangle
Syllables: stran·gle/ˈstɹæŋɡəl/US/ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/
strangle verb: to kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
Verb
strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)
- To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
- She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
- And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range
- Synonyms:
- scrag
- To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
- To stifle or suppress.
- He strangled a scream.
- To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Her, vvhom his furie hath from earth exil'd, / And in the ſtrangling vvaters drencht his child; […]1626, Ovid, “The Eighth Booke”, in George Sandys, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, page 165
Noun
strangle (plural strangles)
strangle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
strangle in Hindi
- strangle
- टेंटुआ दबाना ṭẽṭuā dabānā
strangle in Tamil
- நெரி
strangle in Urdu
- دبوچنا, گلا دبانا, پھانسی دینا
strangle in Bengali
- গলা টিপে মারা, শ্বাসরোধ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- strangle in Malayalam
- കഴുത്തു ഞെരിച്ചുകൊല്ലുക, ശ്വാസംമുട്ടിക്കുക, വികാസം തടയുക
- strangle in Kannada
- ಕತ್ತು ಹಿಸುಕು, ಕೊರಳು ಹಿಸುಕಿ ಕೊಲ್ಲು, ಉಸಿರಾಡದಂತೆ ಮಾಡು, ದಮನಮಾಡು
- strangle in Punjabi
- ਗਲਾ ਘੁੱਟਣ ਲਈ
- strangle in Odia
- ଗଳା ଚିପିବା ପାଇଁ
- strangle in Tagalog
- sumakal, manakal, sakalin
- strangle in Arabic
- خَنَقَ ḵanaqa
- strangle in Indonesian
- mencekik
- strangle in Thai
- บีบคอ bìip-kɔɔ
- strangle in Vietnamese
- bóp nghẹt
Examples of strangle in a sentence
- Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
- In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.
- Police concluded that she had been the victim of a soft kill, since she had been strangled to death.
Synonyms of strangle
Forms of strangle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | strangles |
| present participle | strangling |
| past participle | strangled |
| past | strangled |
| Noun | |
| plural | strangles |
Origin of strangle
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
Words formed from strangle
Words that rhyme with strangle
Questions about strangle
- What does strangle mean?
- Strangle means to kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
- What is strangle in Hindi?
- Strangle in Hindi is टेंटुआ दबाना (ṭẽṭuā dabānā). See Strangle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is strangle?
- Strangle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce strangle?
- Strangle is pronounced /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/.
- What is the past tense of strangle?
- The past tense of strangle is strangled.
Words near strangle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strangle (page history and authors); टेंटुआ दबाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); strangle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strangle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strangle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strangle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strangle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strangle (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strangle (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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