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strangles   (TTS Sound)

The noun strangles has 1 sense

• equine distemper, strangles -- (an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes)

The verb strangle has 6 senses

• strangle, strangulate, throttle -- (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes")


• smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")


• strangle -- (die from strangulation)


• hamper, halter, cramp, strangle -- (prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries")


• choke, strangle -- (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)


• gag, choke, strangle, suffocate -- (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged")