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strangle Definition

stran·gle (straŋ′gəl)

transitive verb -·gled, -·gling

  1. to kill by squeezing the throat as with the hands, a noose, etc., so as to shut off the breath; throttle; choke
  2. to suffocate or choke in any manner
  3. to suppress, stifle, or repress free speech strangled by tyranny

Etymology: ME stranglen < OFr estrangler < L strangulare < Gr strangalan < strangalē, halter < strangos, twisted: see strong

intransitive verb

to be strangled

strangle Related Forms
stran′·gler noun
strangle Synonyms

strangle

v.

  1. To choke

    asphyxiate, suffocate, smother, kill; see choke 1.

  2. To suppress

    subdue, stifle, repress; see restrain 1, suppress.

strangle Finance Definition
A trading strategy that involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of options (called a straddle), in which the two parts of the trade do not have a common strike price. A long strangle strategy is used to profit from a volatile price scenario, while a short strangle strategy is used when the investor believes prices will be stable. Typically, short strangles are more popular than long strangles, because the short strangle is used to take advantage of the declining time value of options in markets where asset prices are expected to be constant.
strangle Usage Examples

Object

  • cry: He clutched at his chest and gave a strangled cry as the slave brought the meager rations into the cell.
  • cat: Wobbly steering From PC Format 179, October 2005 The opening chords of Windows sound like a strangled cat.
  • revolution: In Europe, Church and Royalty strangled the revolution.
  • hold: Cox bursts down the wing The second half was a scrappy affair in which neither side managed to gain much of a strangle hold.
  • voice: Awful opening act, that's all I can remember, singer with a strangled cat voice.

Subject

  • tape: Why I'm keen on red tape IT'S A constant cry from business interests: we're being strangled by red tape.

Modifying Another Word

  • slowly: Being slowly strangled car its air many doctors belong.
  • nearly: He led me further into the woods and nearly strangled me and when I came to he was crying.
  • almost: They hadn't been almost strangled by him in the playground, had they?
  • half: Dugarry crouched to the goalkeeper, half congratulating him, half strangling him in despair at what looked a certain goal.
  • then: Said to be the spirit of the daughter of an early Norman lord, who raped her and then strangled her to death.
  • not: He was not strangled or stabbed or anything of the kind.

Preposition: at

  • birth: The academic enterprise would give the internal critic too much power; any creative infant would be strangled at birth.
  • stake: Of the known figures, 67 % of those accused were executed - usually strangled at the stake before their bodies were burned.

Preposition: with

  • scarf: She had been strangled with a scarf and her naked body sexually mutilated.
  • rope: He stated that the other two soldiers had been strangled with a rope and a leather strap.
  • wire: Taken by surprise he is ambushed and strangled with wire from the assailant's watch.
  • cord: Before she has a chance to escape she is strangled with telephone cord, an identical crescent moon pendant left in her hand.

Preposition: by

  • tape: Why I'm keen on red tape IT'S A constant cry from business interests: we're being strangled by red tape.
strangle Quotes

J'embrasse mon rival, mais c'est pour l'e¤  touffer. If I embrace my rival, it is to strangle him.

—Racine,Jean