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strangle
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[ verb ] kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Synonyms Examples "he tried to strangle his opponent" "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)For almost two months , the defendant and the world heard from individuals escaped from the grave about fathers and mothers , graybeards , adolescents , babies , starved , beaten to death , strangled , machine-gunned , gassed , burned . (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)Deputy coroner says it looks like he sucked_in a big pile of those thick suds and strangled on ' em . |
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[ verb ] struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Examples "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (biology) die from strangulation
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