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strangle verb

  /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/ , /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/
  • (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
  • (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
 wurgen, worgen
  • (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
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strangles noun

  /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/ , /ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/
  • A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
 droes

strangling noun

  • The crime of killing by strangling.
 wurging
strangle weed
warkruid
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