āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
strangle
/stÉšËÃĻÅÉĄÉâl/
to strangle
01
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāώā§āĻ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to experience difficulty breathing or to be unable to breathe due to obstruction or restriction
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt like she was starting to strangle as the tight scarf pressed against her neck.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĢ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāϞāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to kill by choking the throat and blocking the air supply
Transitive: to strangle sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In self-defense, she managed to strangle the attacker and escape.
āĻāϤā§āĻŽāϰāĻā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāϞāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤
03
āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to hold back or stop an impulse, action, or sound from being expressed or carried out
Transitive: to strangle an action or sound
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He strangles the urge to speak out, afraid of the consequences.
āϏ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to slow down, restrict, or block the progress or activity of something
Transitive: to strangle development of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Overregulation can strangle innovation and prevent new ideas from emerging.
āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āύāϤā§āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
05
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to die because something is blocking or interfering with the ability to breathe
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baby tragically strangled in her sleep after the blanket was too tightly wrapped around her neck.
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