| strangl | The postmortem showed that she had been strangled. |
| strangle | (v) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air, Syn. throttle, strangulate, Example: he tried to strangle his opponent; A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes |
| strangle | (v) die from strangulation |
| stranglehold | (n) complete power over a person or situation, Syn. throttlehold, chokehold, Example: corporations have a stranglehold on the media; the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public |
| stranglehold | (n) a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe |
| strangler | (n) an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree, Syn. strangler tree |
| Strangle | v. t. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ] Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . |
| Strangle | v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strangleable | a. Capable of being strangled. [ R. ] Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strangle hold | . Zona believes that Microsoft's entry into this fray breaks what has been, by all appearances, Netscape's stranglehold on the Internet. Microsoft is not licensing any technology from Netscape, and as part of this announcement, several alliances which historically would have been with Netscape were included. The impact of this announcement on Netscape was huge. [ PJC ] SAN FRANCISCO, November 6, 1996 -- If Microsoft Corp. CEO Bill Gates were a plumber, he would control all the water in the world and force anyone who wanted some of the precious liquid to cut a deal with him. |
| Strangler | n. One who, or that which, strangles. “The very strangler of their amity.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strangles | n. A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. [ 1913 Webster ] |