Word Meanings - STRANGLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To compress the windpipe of until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe. 2. To stifle,

Additional info about word: STRANGLE

1. To compress the windpipe of until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STRANGLE)

• Burke
• Stifle
• shelve
• strangle
• smother
• Choke
• Throttle
• gag
• burke
• suffocate
• stifle
• Smother
• Suffocate
• repress
• conceal
• suppress
• choke
• allay
• swallow

Related words: (words related to STRANGLE)

• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• SMOTHER
  Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SWALLOWFISH
  The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins.
• CONCEALED
  Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
• CHOKECHERRY
  The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
• SUFFOCATE
  Suffocated; choked. Shak.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• SWALLOW
  Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight. Note:
• THROTTLE
  The throttle valve. Throttle lever , the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve , a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it
• STRANGLE HOLD
  In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.
• THROTTLER
  See (more info) 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
• CHOKER
  1. One who, or that which, chokes. 2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
• SMOTHERINESS
  The quality or state of being smothery.
• SMOTHERINGLY
  In a smothering manner.
• CHOKEDAR
  A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
• SUPPRESSION
  Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing,
• STRANGLER
  One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." Shak.
• SWALLOWER
  One who swallows; also, a glutton. Tatler.
• STIFLER
  See CAMOUFLET (more info) 1. One who, or that which, stifles.
• ARTICHOKE
  word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al- 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• INCONCEALABLE
  Not concealable. "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T. Browne.
• INSUPPRESSIVE
  Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
• SEA SWALLOW
  See CHOUGH (more info) The common tern. The storm petrel. The gannet.
• IRREPRESSIBLY
  In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.