strangled
Meaning of strangled
adjective
- uttered with difficulty, as if from a constricted throat.
he let out a strangled gasp
- having died as a result of having the neck squeezed or constricted.
- squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death.
the victim was strangled with a scarf
Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē ‘halter’, related to strangos ‘twisted’.
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Hyphenation of strangled
stran-gled
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- strangled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
strangled synonyms
Meaning smothered:
smothered, stifled, suppressed
Meaning attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them:
Meaning cause (a person or animal) to choke:
Meaning kill (someone) by strangulation, especially with a length of wire or cord:
Meaning kill (someone) by depriving them of air:
Meaning make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate:
Meaning strangle; throttle:
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