What is another word for strangle?
Pronunciation:
[ stɹˈaŋɡə͡l], [ stɹˈaŋɡəl], [ s_t_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_əl]
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Synonyms for Strangle:
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- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers .
- Astringed ,
- astringes ,
- draws together ,
- drew together ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re strict ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-strict .
- blots out ,
- blowing away ,
- blows away ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- forced down ,
- forces down ,
- forcing down ,
- over came ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-came ,
- over-come ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- quelched ,
- quelches ,
- quelching ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub jugate ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- sub-jugate .
- assassinate ,
- butcher ,
- chill ,
- dispatch ,
- do away with ,
- do in ,
- drown ,
- eliminate ,
- execute ,
- exterminate ,
- hang ,
- ice ,
- liquidate ,
- massacre ,
- purge ,
- put to sleep ,
- remove ,
- sacrifice ,
- slaughter ,
- slay ,
- smite .
- be headed ,
- be heading ,
- be heads ,
- be-headed ,
- be-heading ,
- be-heads ,
- de capitate ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-capitate ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dusted off ,
- dusting off ,
- dusts off ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- takes a life ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- takes life ,
- taking a life ,
- taking for a ride ,
- taking life ,
- took a life ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride ,
- took life .
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- simmered down ,
- simmering down ,
- simmers down ,
- sur rounded ,
- sur rounding ,
- sur-rounded ,
- sur-rounding .
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- choked back ,
- chokes back ,
- choking back ,
- clamped down ,
- clamps down ,
- clams up ,
- cracked down ,
- cracking down ,
- cracks down ,
- dries up ,
- held it down ,
- holding down ,
- holding it down ,
- holds down ,
- holds it down ,
- puts the lid on ,
- putting lid on .
Other synonyms:
- bump off ,
- crucify ,
- decapitate ,
- disembowel ,
- dismember ,
- electrocute ,
- finish off ,
- fry ,
- garrotte ,
- gun down ,
- immolate ,
- knife ,
- lynch ,
- mow down ,
- shoot down ,
- silence ,
- spear ,
- starve ,
- string up .
- get .
- guillotine ,
- hush ,
- knock off ,
- orphan ,
- put away ,
- rub out ,
- strike down .
- sit .
- savage .
- burn .
Other relevant words:
- Astringing ,
- Burkes ,
- Burking ,
- Garroted ,
- Garroting ,
- Gibbeted ,
- Gibbeting ,
- Noosed ,
- Noosing ,
- Shrouded ,
- Stoppering ,
- Strangulated ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Wedging ,
- asphyxiate ,
- astringe ,
- blew away ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- blow away ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- burke ,
- burked ,
- choke ,
- choke back ,
- clam up ,
- clammed up ,
- clamming up ,
- clamp down ,
- clamping down ,
- constipate ,
- constipates ,
- constipating ,
- constrict ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- crack down ,
- crush ,
- draw together ,
- drawing together ,
- dried up ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dust off ,
- force down ,
- garotte ,
- garotted ,
- garottes ,
- garotting ,
- garrote ,
- garrotes ,
- gibbet ,
- gibbets ,
- held down ,
- held tight ,
- hold down ,
- hold it down ,
- hold tight ,
- holds tight ,
- iced ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept back ,
- murdered ,
- occlude ,
- put lid on ,
- put the lid on ,
- quelch ,
- quell ,
- shrouding ,
- simmer down ,
- smother ,
- squeeze ,
- squelch ,
- stifle ,
- stoppered ,
- strangulate ,
- strangulates ,
- strangulating ,
- stunting ,
- suffocate ,
- take a life ,
- take for a ride ,
- take for ride ,
- take life ,
- taking for ride ,
- taking out ,
- tensed ,
- tenses ,
- tensing ,
- throttle ,
- tighten ,
- took out ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- wring .
- Killed ,
- OFFS ,
- kill ,
- killing ,
- lynching ,
- murder ,
- offed ,
- offing ,
- put to death ,
- putting to death ,
- snuff .
- Becripple ,
- Bedwarf ,
- Coarct ,
- Decollate ,
- Ratten ,
- abbreviate ,
- absolutism ,
- alliance ,
- association ,
- autocracy ,
- back up ,
- bang ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- batten ,
- batten down ,
- be killed ,
- beat out ,
- behead ,
- bind ,
- blend ,
- block ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- boil down ,
- bolt ,
- bottle up ,
- bound ,
- bowstring ,
- button ,
- button up ,
- buy the farm ,
- censor ,
- check ,
- chock ,
- choke off ,
- choking ,
- circumscribe ,
- clamp down on ,
- clap ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- close ,
- close off ,
- close tight ,
- close up ,
- coalition ,
- coarctate ,
- combination ,
- compact ,
- compel ,
- compound ,
- compress ,
- concentrate ,
- condense ,
- confine ,
- congest ,
- conjunction ,
- conk ,
- connection ,
- consolidate ,
- constrain ,
- constringe ,
- contain ,
- contract ,
- cork ,
- cork up ,
- corrugate ,
- cover ,
- crack down on ,
- cramp ,
- crimp ,
- cripple ,
- croak ,
- crowd ,
- crumple up ,
- crunch ,
- curb ,
- curtail ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- deaden ,
- debar ,
- decease ,
- decrease ,
- defenestrate ,
- deflate ,
- depress ,
- despotism ,
- dictatorship ,
- die ,
- diminish ,
- disable ,
- disappear ,
- disarm ,
- discourage ,
- disenable ,
- disqualify ,
- distemper ,
- dog ,
- double up ,
- draw ,
- draw in ,
- drop dead ,
- dull ,
- dwarf ,
- enchain ,
- engrave ,
- extinguish ,
- famish ,
- fasten ,
- fold ,
- fold up ,
- foul ,
- fret ,
- gag ,
- gird ,
- go ,
- govern ,
- gulp ,
- halter ,
- hamper ,
- hamstring ,
- handcuff ,
- handicap ,
- heave ,
- hinder ,
- hobble ,
- hog-tie ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hush up ,
- incapacitate ,
- inhibit ,
- invalidate ,
- jam ,
- jump on ,
- keep down ,
- keep under ,
- key ,
- kick the bucket ,
- knit ,
- knock-off ,
- lame ,
- lapidate ,
- latch ,
- league ,
- lessen ,
- limit ,
- lock ,
- lock out ,
- lock up ,
- maim ,
- manacle ,
- merger ,
- monopoly ,
- mortify ,
- muffle ,
- mute ,
- muzzle ,
- narrow ,
- obstruct ,
- oppression ,
- pack ,
- padlock ,
- paralyze ,
- pass ,
- perish ,
- pinch ,
- plumb ,
- pop off ,
- potency ,
- power ,
- powerfulness ,
- prevent ,
- prostrate ,
- pucker ,
- pucker up ,
- purse ,
- put out ,
- quash ,
- quiet ,
- quip ,
- reduce ,
- repress ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- retch ,
- scrag ,
- seal ,
- seal off ,
- seal up ,
- secure ,
- shoot ,
- shoot-down ,
- shorten ,
- shush ,
- shut ,
- shut down ,
- shut off ,
- shut out ,
- shut up ,
- sit down on ,
- sit on ,
- sit upon ,
- slam ,
- smash ,
- snap ,
- snuff it ,
- snuff out ,
- solidify ,
- sprain ,
- squash ,
- stamp out ,
- stanch ,
- still ,
- stone ,
- stop ,
- stop up ,
- stow ,
- stranglehold ,
- strangles ,
- strangling ,
- stultify ,
- subdue ,
- subjugate ,
- suppress ,
- surround ,
- swallow ,
- trammel ,
- trample out ,
- trample underfoot ,
- truss ,
- truss up ,
- tyranny ,
- unfit ,
- unhinge ,
- union ,
- warp ,
- wrinkle ,
- zip up ,
- zipper .
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How to use "Strangle" in context?
There's no mistaking the look of terror in someone's eyes when they realize they're about to be strangled. It's a terrifying sight, and one that's all too common. Strangling is aviolent death, and it's one that many people know too well. There are a few different ways that someone can be strangled, and each one can lead to a very different outcome. Here are four examples of how strangling can occur:
1. The Neck Knot: This is the type of strangling that most people think of when they think of strangling.
Paraphrases for Strangle:
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Homophones for Strangle:
Hyponym for Strangle:
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stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate.
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kill.
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