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Strangle

🔄 Synonyms of "Strangle"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
throttlenoun	A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
strangulateverb	To strangle.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Strangle"

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Word	Definition
throttleverb	A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
strangulateverb	To strangle.
smotherverb	(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
stifleverb	(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
suffocateverb	(ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
chokeverb	(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
crushverb	A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
snapverb	(intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
killverb	(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
starveverb	(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
quellverb	(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
muffleverb	(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
jeopardizeverb	(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
silenceverb	The absence of any sound.
nipverb	To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
choke outverb	(transitive) To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold.
asphyxiateverb	(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.