2. 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.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.
STRANGLE
Stran"gle, v. i.
Defn: To be strangled, or suffocated.
STRANGLEABLE
Stran"gle*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being strangled. [R.] Chesterfield.
STRANGLE HOLD
Stran"gle hold.
Defn: In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.
STRANGLER
Stran"gler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." Shak.