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adjective

as in choked

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verb

past tense of strangle
1
as in drowned
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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2
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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3
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
Verb
Jackson had been beaten and strangled with the rope that had led the witness to her body. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 The empress returns to her chambers to weep, only to be strangled by a eunuch under the noble consort’s orders. — Lavender Au, The Dial, 30 June 2026 The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 She was likely strangled, the pathologist concluded. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 Authorities have finally solved the murder of a Las Vegas man who was strangled to death with a telephone cord inide his home more than 20 years ago, thanks to modern DNA testing. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 June 2026 One woman says the woman who was being strangled was nearly dead when the attacker was confronted. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 But one of the largest rural unions behind the road blockades that had strangled La Paz on Saturday called for a pause in the conflict and ordered protesters to withdraw until next week to assess the situation following the declaration of a state of emergency. — ABC News, 21 June 2026 Roughly 20% of the world's oil supply has been effectively strangled since March 4th. — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangled
  1. choked
  2. drowned
  3. stifled
  4. strained
  5. suffocated
  6. suppressed
  7. cracked
  8. smothered
Adjective
  • Baghaei said the future of the choked Strait of Hormuz will depend on the countries of Oman and Iran, as both nations have a plan to manage passage through the waterway.
    — Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • San Franciscans who think Muni buses are always packed, or prone to crawl along choked streets, may find their views validated in a new slide presentation released by the Municipal Transportation Agency.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
Definition of choked
Verb
  • DofE confirmed a participant drowned on July 1 in a statement.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • The team’s supporters filled a few compact sections, islands of green drowned out in a sea of blue Kylian Mbappé jerseys.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 6 July 2026
Definition of drowned
Verb
  • Bobby Child is stifled by having to work in his family’s banking business.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
  • Likewise, inventories of unsold wine have stifled any sense of buying urgency.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of stifled
Adjective
  • Trout, who missed 17 games due to a strained right hamstring, hit a 438-foot shot that gave the Angels an 11-0 lead in the eighth.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • After years of strained public services, supply and food shortages and poverty, nearly 8 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance before the earthquakes hit.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Shaw suffocated the children around May 1, 2025.
    — Kayna Whitworth, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • For nearly two weeks, wildfires — the first of which was spawned along Krome Avenue from a lightning strike and split into two blazes spanning over 22,000 acres — have suffocated neighborhoods in western Miami-Dade County.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Definition of suffocated
Verb
  • The air force said that 37 missiles and 326 drones were shot down or otherwise suppressed, with impacts of 29 missiles and 18 drones reported across 34 locations.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Security forces suppressed the protests in a bloody crackdown that killed thousands.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of suppressed
Adjective
  • When to Contact a Wildlife Rehabilitator Always contact a wildlife rehabilitator if the turtle appears injured, such as having a cracked shell, or seems lethargic or sick.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • No amount of paint can hide cracked plaster, bumps, nail holes, or uneven textures.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
Definition of cracked
Verb
  • It was triggered by a punishing summer heat dome that smothered more than 200 million people.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • Chocolate‑covered everything Chocolate is the year’s dominant sweet, whether it’s poured, drizzled, dipped or smothered.
    — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026
Definition of smothered

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