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as in suffocated
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 throttled
to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe
the boy complained that he was being strangled by his tie
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as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news
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Recent Examples of strangled
Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Now, as the anti-regime coalition starts to disband Assad’s military, and lays out its vision for a post-Assad Syria, experts wonder if the next phase will be a new dawn for a people strangled by a brutal autocracy – or whether sectarianism will bring a different type of authoritarian rule.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Glas said the victim was strangled, possibly with a phone cord, and that while she wasn’t raped, the bleeding between her legs suggested she had been violated with a weapon.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
She had been strangled and savagely violated.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
The 23-year-old had been strangled and her death was ruled to be a homicide.
—Nbc New York, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Only 16, her life thrown away, strangled, wrapped in a rug, and buried in cement.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Essentially, she was strangled and then hit over the head with extreme force.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
In rare cases, people die; there are other cases in which people have a stroke days or weeks or even months later and may not connect it to being strangled.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
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But experts wonder if the next phase will be a new dawn for a people strangled by a brutal autocracy – or whether sectarianism will bring a different type of authoritarian rule.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Now, as the anti-regime coalition starts to disband Assad’s military, and lays out its vision for a post-Assad Syria, experts wonder if the next phase will be a new dawn for a people strangled by a brutal autocracy – or whether sectarianism will bring a different type of authoritarian rule.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Glas said the victim was strangled, possibly with a phone cord, and that while she wasn’t raped, the bleeding between her legs suggested she had been violated with a weapon.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
She had been strangled and savagely violated.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
The 23-year-old had been strangled and her death was ruled to be a homicide.
—Nbc New York, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Only 16, her life thrown away, strangled, wrapped in a rug, and buried in cement.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Essentially, she was strangled and then hit over the head with extreme force.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
In rare cases, people die; there are other cases in which people have a stroke days or weeks or even months later and may not connect it to being strangled.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangled
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There was a lot of love in that room, and I was all choked-up — a proud sister moment.Jack Irvin, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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The trial over the death of Jordan Neely—which made Daniel Penny, the man who choked him, a right-wing cause célèbre—became a flash point in the debate over crime and vigilantism in big cities.Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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This time around, the reflexive urge to publish was stifled.Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Boise State's defense stifled UNLV, allowing just one score.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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But inflation, housing shortages and strained services have fueled frustration at migrant and refugee populations in many European countries, and the unrest has manifested itself at the ballot box in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and several others.Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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Eminem often highlighted his strained relationship with his mother in his music early in his career.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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But as Daniel Goleman writes in his book Social Intelligence, in a society that puts too much emphasis on individualism, the power of the social brain often gets suppressed and overlooked.Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But Google's study, published in Nature, showed that for the first time, errors can be suppressed exponentially as a quantum computer increases in size – a breakthrough that has been pursued in the field for more than 30 years.Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Galls can begin semisoft but harden with a cracked surface over time, though plants won’t necessarily display symptoms the same season or year they were infected.Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
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The urban landscape, with its cracked sidewalks, patchy transit, and the lurking possibility of violence, is a daily challenge.Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
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The idea of fiber optic drones was at risk of being drowned out.David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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This tract is a series of throat and stomach organs that include the esophagus and small and large intestines that food and liquids move through as they are swallowed, digested and absorbed.Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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About the same time, a Missouri infantryman and musician in the home’s band fell back into the sodden embrace of booze after years of sobriety, went back to his barracks and swallowed hydrochloric acid.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Strangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangled. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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