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Definition of: strangle
(strang′gəl) v. ·gled, ·gling v.t.
1. To choke to death; throttle; suffocate; stifle.
2. To repress; suppress.
—v.i.
3. To suffer or die from strangulation. [<F estrangler <L strangulare <Gk. strangalaein <strangalē a halter <strangos twisted]
—stran′gler noun
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