Crossword clues for strangled
strangled
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
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To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
--Shak. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. ``Strangle such thoughts.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: strangle)
WordNet
adj. held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, suppressed]
Usage examples of "strangled".
The seven attending to Pelly and Avis simply got up, aligned themselves with the two who had strangled her and the third who had monitored her progress, lifted her in unison, five to the side, and bore her foam-covered body back to the pink.
They stood thus, kissing, until a wave higher than most passed over their heads and strangled the girl behind him.
Blonde, mid-twenties, strangled, stripped naked, found dead near Riverside Drive two days ago.
I had tried it on Jim Blake, after I strangled him, but with only partial success.
I realized I had strangled her too hard, and I remembered my promise to Kobi.
I know get strangled with a silk scarf Emily Post does not deal with such situations.
Regrettably, your wife was the one who was strangled because of your literary efforts.
Someone too enraged to accept that the damage was already done had strangled the wrong person-an ironic twist of the silk scarf.
He heard her make a strangled sound as his hand paused to explore the rounded swell of a soft breast and the edge of her undergarment where she might have tucked a small weapon.
When she called his name in a high, strangled voice, he turned instantly toward the sound, his gaze searching for her in the crowd and zeroing in on her face.
She heard him suck in a strangled breath, as he moved his fingers over her heated flesh.
With a strangled sound deep in his throat, he lifted his mouth from hers, moved a few inches away so that his aching body was no longer pressed tight to hers.
His strangled exclamation was as gratifying as the feel of his flesh against hers.
He made a strangled sound but obeyed, and she pulled the covering over him, eyeing the camouflage critically.
Opening the back door, she: bled along the floor, found the light and switched i Then, still drawing in strangled breaths, she turned staggered back down the road, training the light or shoulder as she searched frantically for Hunter.