strangles
Meaning of strangles
plural noun
a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing.
early 17th century: plural of obsolete strangle ‘strangulation’, from strangle.
verb, 3rd person present- 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’.
Information about strangles
- The singular form of strangles is: strangle.
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Hyphenation of strangles
stran-gles
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- strangles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
strangles synonyms
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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