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Estrangle

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strangulateverbTo strangle.
strangleverb(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
worrynounA strong feeling of anxiety.
strappleverb(transitive) To bind with a strap; strap; entangle.
engrappleverb(obsolete) To grapple.
strangleholdnounA grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
bowstringnounThe string of an archer's bow.
astringenounTo bind by moral or legal obligation.
entangleverb(transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
ensnareverbTo entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
ensnarlverbTo entangle; to trap.
enstraitenverb(archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property).
insnarlverb(obsolete) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle.
strainnoun(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
imbrangleverbArchaic form of embrangle. [(transitive) To embroil.]
straitnoun(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
snarl upverb(transitive) To block (traffic); to cause (traffic) to be congested.
intangleverbArchaic form of entangle. [(transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.]
engageverb(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
enchainverb(transitive) To restrain with, or as if with, chains.

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