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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
But in late February of this year, he was arrested for allegedly strangling his fiancée, and got charged with a felony and a misdemeanor.
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
She had been raped, strangled and drowned.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
In April 1719 Farrukhsiyar was strangled to death in captivity.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Authorities determined Davis had been strangled to death.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
She had been raped, strangled and drowned.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
In April 1719 Farrukhsiyar was strangled to death in captivity.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Authorities determined Davis had been strangled to death.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangle
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Milne had grabbed his wife by the neck, choked her, dragged her around, restrained her, punched her and knocked her unconscious.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hospital staff later found her husband choking and struggling to breathe.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
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In response, Varsity and USASF have argued that the Open Championship’s own growth, both in terms of participant numbers and event revenue, undermines the notion that the defendants illegally stifled competition.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Overregulation stifles business, regardless of industry.—
John Cleveland,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Anna Frenza wakes up suddenly, suffocating from smoke and spitting ash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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But their suffocating defense and strong interior play were enough to earn the program its first national title since 1989.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine's air force, meanwhile, said its forces faced 6,462 Russian drones and 138 missiles of various types across the course of the month, of which 5,833 drones and 102 missiles -- around 90% of drones and just under 74% of missiles -- were intercepted or suppressed.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Declining immigration is constraining labor supply, higher productivity is suppressing labor demand, business activity captured by our Texas Business Outlook Surveys recently moderated, and geopolitical uncertainty is elevated.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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When his team returned to the deep-sea site, however, its brilliant colors were smothered under a blanket of fluffy gray scum.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Servers also handed out Impossible nuggets smothered in mustard, which vanished just as fast.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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That the Sabres couldn’t live up to the hype this season despite having a top 10 starting goalie performance is a tough pill to swallow.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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And in rain, the muddy dirt roads threaten to swallow your car.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Eclipses give solar scientists a rare chance to study the sun's wispy outer atmosphere, or corona, which is usually drowned out by the overwhelming glare of the solar disk.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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When the Huskies took the court here, they were booed roundly and Hurley’s postgame interview with CBS was nearly drowned by the catcalls.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Strangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangle. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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