strangle

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡ(ə)l/ UK /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/ See IPA manual

Freq #8812

Meanings

1

verb
To kill or hurt someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe.

The attacker tried to strangle his victim with a rope.
2

verb
To stop or hold back something, such as a feeling or growth.

He strangled a scream as he saw the spider.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to kill or hurt someone by... throttle choke

Word family

Forms strangledstranglesstrangling

Derived forms strangleablestrangledlystrangleholdstranglementstranglerstrangleweedstranglingstranglinglyunstrangleunstrangled

Related forms strangulatestrangulation

Etymology

From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).

stranglen Middle English estrangler Old French strangulō Latin στραγγαλόομαι Ancient Greek

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# strangle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡ(ə)l/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/
**Frequency rank:** 8812

## Meanings
1. To kill or hurt someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe.
2. To stop or hold back something, such as a feeling or growth.

## Examples
- The attacker tried to strangle his victim with a rope.
- He strangled a scream as he saw the spider.

## Derived Forms
- strangleable
- strangledly
- stranglehold
- stranglement
- strangler
- strangleweed
- strangling
- stranglingly
- unstrangle
- unstrangled

## Related Forms
- strangulate
- strangulation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: stranglen
- Root: estrangler
- Root: strangulō
- Root: στραγγαλόομαι

## Etymology
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).

## AI Etymology
Strangle is from Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry). In present-day use, it can mean to kill or hurt someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe, or to stop or hold back something, such as a feeling or growth.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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