Definition for Strangle:

• To choke; to suppress or stifie; as, to strangle one's desires.

Synonyms for Strangle:

• n.

  •
  • shut off,
  • stamp out,
  • squeeze out,
  • interfere with,
  • cut into,
  • kill off.
  •
  • take someone's life,
  • breath.
  •
  • hold-down,
  • sit on,
  • restraint,
  • quench,
  • hold back.
  •cramp (noun)
  • cramp.
  •halter (noun)
  • halter.
  •hamper (noun)
  • hamper.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • strangle.
  •choke (verb)
  • over powers,
  • over-powers,
  • over powered,
  • over powering,
  • over power,
  • over-powering,
  • over-powered,
  • over-power.
  •choke, stifle (verb)
  • repress,
  • inhibit,
  • restrain,
  • shush,
  • gag,
  • muffle,
  • kill,
  • subdue,
  • suppress.
  •constrict (verb)
  • re strained,
  • re-strains,
  • re strains,
  • re-strained,
  • re-strict,
  • re strict,
  • Astringed,
  • drew together,
  • re-strain,
  • astringes,
  • draws together,
  • re-straining,
  • re strain,
  • re straining.
  •crush (verb)
  • over whelming,
  • de feats,
  • forced down,
  • re duce,
  • sub dues,
  • over coming,
  • blowing away,
  • sub-due,
  • blots out,
  • over-coming,
  • over-came,
  • over-comes,
  • de-feat,
  • quelches,
  • over whelmed,
  • over-whelm,
  • over-whelmed,
  • de-feats,
  • de feat,
  • over comes,
  • sub due,
  • quelching,
  • over-whelms,
  • sub-jugate,
  • sub-dues,
  • re duces,
  • over-come,
  • over whelms,
  • forces down,
  • over come,
  • over-whelming,
  • blows away,
  • over came,
  • forcing down,
  • re-duces,
  • re-duce,
  • over whelm,
  • sub jugate,
  • quelched.
  •smother (verb)
  • re-presses,
  • sur-rounded,
  • sur-rounding,
  • re-pressing,
  • simmers down,
  • simmering down,
  • in undated,
  • sur rounding,
  • re presses,
  • simmered down,
  • re pressing,
  • sur rounded,
  • re press,
  • re pressed,
  • in-undated.
  •squeeze (verb)
  • holding tight.
  •squelch (verb)
  • sits on,
  • sate on.
  •stifle (verb)
  • choking back,
  • cracks down,
  • clams up,
  • putting lid on,
  • held it down,
  • choked back,
  • holding down,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • puts the lid on,
  • dries up,
  • clamps down,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • clamped down,
  • cracking down,
  • cracked down,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • chokes back,
  • holds down,
  • holds it down,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • holding it down.
  •tighten (verb)
  • rigidifies.
  •wring (verb)
  • shakes down,
  • ex tort,
  • ex-acting,
  • ex acting,
  • ex-torts,
  • shaking down,
  • ex-acted,
  • shook down,
  • ex act,
  • ex-tracts,
  • ex tract,
  • ex torts,
  • ex-tort,
  • ex-act,
  • ex acts,
  • ex-tract.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • garrotte,
  • gun down,
  • crucify,
  • finish off,
  • starve,
  • shoot down,
  • fry,
  • disembowel,
  • bump off,
  • immolate,
  • spear,
  • knife,
  • mow down,
  • silence,
  • lynch,
  • dismember,
  • string up,
  • electrocute,
  • decapitate.
  •
  • orphan,
  • strike down,
  • rub out,
  • guillotine,
  • put away,
  • knock off,
  • hush.
  •
  • wipe out,
  • run down,
  • poison,
  • martyr,
  • gas.
  •
  • stab.
  •
  • waste,
  • cut down.
  •
  • sit.
  •
  • savage.
  •
  • burn.
  •
  • off,
  • claim.
  •
  • get.
  •squelch
  • sitting on.
  •tighten
  • rigidifying,
  • toughen,
  • rigidified,
  • rigidify.
  •wring
  • shake down.

Paraphrases for Strangle:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    stifle, nip, Killed, kill, suppress, quell, crush, muffle, silence, deprive.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    smother, suffocate, choke.

Antonyms for Strangle:

• v.

  • choke, stifle
    let go, release, loose, start, allow, free.
  • Other antonyms:
    inspire, restore, inhale, resuscitate, breathe, exhale, express, take out, vent, expire, revive, unleash.

Strangle Sentence Examples:

• If a man said that to me, I'd strangle him.

• " We know you think you've got some kind of a strangle - hold on him, Blenham," cut in Terry crisply.

Homophones for Strangle:

• strong gale, strongly, strangely, steering wheel, staringly.

Hypernym for Strangle:

• v.

  • contact
    garrote, garrotte, scrag, garotte.

Hyponym for Strangle:

• v.

  • change
    stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate.
  • contact
    kill.