strangle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Synonyms

• choke
• gag
• strangle
• suffocate

More generic

• hurt
• suffer

Verb

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

Synonyms

• choke
• strangle

More generic

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

Related

• choke

Verb

prevent the progress or free movement of

Synonyms

• cramp
• halter
• hamper
• strangle

More generic

• bound
• confine
• limit
• restrict
• throttle
• trammel

Verb

die from strangulation

Synonyms

• strangle

More generic

• asphyxiate
• stifle
• suffocate

Verb

suppress in order to conceal or hide

Synonyms

• muffle
• repress
• smother
• stifle
• strangle

More generic

• bottle up
• inhibit
• suppress

Verb

kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

Synonyms

• strangle
• strangulate
• throttle

More generic

• kill

More specific

• garotte
• garrote
• garrotte
• scrag

Related

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

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