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as in to choke
to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
the gull got tangled in a piece of fishing line on the beach and was strangled
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as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news
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Recent Examples of strangle
The second half of Dunne’s life was defined by a broken heart after, in 1982, his daughter, Dominique Dunne, who that year appeared in the family horror classic Poltergeist, was strangled to death.
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Police in Mexico have arrested a man in connection with the strangling death of an Illinois attorney in 2016, U.S. officials announced Wednesday.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
She had been strangled, police said, and also died from blunt force trauma.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
The recording then appears to capture Lengyel strangling Herrmann to death.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2024
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Police in Mexico have arrested a man in connection with the strangling death of an Illinois attorney in 2016, U.S. officials announced Wednesday.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
She had been strangled, police said, and also died from blunt force trauma.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
The recording then appears to capture Lengyel strangling Herrmann to death.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangle
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Armed with that information, off-roading is a lot less likely to be marred by choking, toxic smoke that comes along with dangerous levels of combustion if users know which areas to avoid.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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He is accused of fatally choking 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Junior linebacker Jared Ibarra and senior safety Emmanuel El Shaddai Hill highlight a defense capable of stifling top attacks.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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These employees say the lack of AI adoption is stifling their productivity.Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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But don’t suffocate them with overly formal onboarding.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Run in fear, stamp it underfoot, or poison and suffocate it with insecticide?Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some voters may view restrictions on electioneering as suppressing their First Amendment rights, Huefner noted.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, some argue that voter intimidation implies that someone is trying to suppress voting, not encourage it.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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And just like the album title suggests, that's exactly how our readers order their hashbrowns: scattered, smothered, and covered.Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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The first points of the game came with 3:21 remaining in the first half thanks to a three-yard touchdown run from Texans running back Joe Mixon, after both defenses smothered their rival offenses to force punts.Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Common symptoms include a sore throat from tissue irritation, bad breath caused by thriving bacteria, and sometimes difficulty swallowing, if the stones are big enough.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Cherished memories — photo albums, family heirlooms, and tokens of love — swallowed by floodwaters and carried miles away, are now reduced to mere fragments and discarded amid the wreckage.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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Downtown flooding became a regularity, including a deadly flood in August 1998 in which two boys drowned.Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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The initial victim was Brian Jones, a founding member of the Rolling Stones who drowned in his swimming pool in 1969.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Strangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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