strangle

4 definitions • 3 examples

to kill someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe:

She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.

to stop something from developing:

For years, the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy.

There is a great deal of fear that the new restrictions might strangle the country's economy.

to kill someone by pressing the throat so that the person cannot breathe

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