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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
Gaff allegedly assaulted and raped Vesey before fatally strangling her.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 May 2026
That matters more now than ever, because our other talent pipeline is being strangled.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Or there’s the case of the Florida woman accused of strangling and robbing her own friend for money to buy drugs.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
She had been hogtied with an extension cord, raped, and strangled before the killer started a fire, court records say.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 May 2026
That matters more now than ever, because our other talent pipeline is being strangled.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Or there’s the case of the Florida woman accused of strangling and robbing her own friend for money to buy drugs.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
She had been hogtied with an extension cord, raped, and strangled before the killer started a fire, court records say.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangle
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The intensifying conflict in the Middle East has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – a vital route for roughly 20% of the world’s oil, natural gas and critical raw materials.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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The lawsuit also claims officers choked Day and slammed him against a wall, eventually coercing him into confessing to killing Irving and Garcia.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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That stifles competition at home and, with China’s dependence on global consumption, raises concerns about dumping and deflation abroad.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Embarrassed in the first period, stifled in the second, the Avs did something that almost never happens in this town with this team.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
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Text wraps around you like a dreadful whisper, with an eye to suffocate.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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But his chairmanship’s suffocating high interest rates created a palatable cure.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Dramatic currents, once suppressed, here bloom unashamed.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The heat in the car is like an aunt who does not stop smothering us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan's Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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People who have trouble swallowing or who have scarring, inflammation, or narrowing of the esophagus (stricture) should not eat dry chia seeds and should talk with a healthcare provider before eating even soaked chia seeds.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
16 May 2026
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Then Doris and her family are sent off on the train, swallowed whole by the Holocaust.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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The Detroit fans who stuck around until the end of the game were drowned out by the bus loads of Cavaliers fans.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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However, the actor does most of the heavy lifting, even as Nemes’ aesthetic approach drowns the frame in striking shadows — a contrast made deep and inviting by Mátyás Erdély’s 35mm photography.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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“Strangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangle. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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