strangle

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)l/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈstræŋɡəl/

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• Hyphenation: stran‧gle

Verb

Plain form strangle

Third-person singular strangles

Past tense strangled

Past participle strangled

Present participle strangling

A drawing showing a woman being strangled.

1. (transitive) If you strangle someone, you kill them by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply
   • Synonyms: choke, suffocate and throttle

   He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.

Related words

• strangulation