B2verb · transitive · rare

strangle

stran·gle

strangle · strangles · strangled · strangling

придушити, задушити, душити, придушувати

задушить, душить, придушить, подавить

erwürgen, strangulieren

To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supplyTo kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.

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US/ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/

» Tom was strangled.

Tom wurde erwürgt.

Том был задушен.

Тома задушили.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
strangulieren, erwürgen
души́тьdušítʹ, задуши́тьzadušítʹ, придуши́тьpridušítʹ
души́тиdušýty, задуши́тиzadušýty, придуши́тиprydušýty
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
(transitive)To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
(transitive)To stifle or suppress.
He strangled a scream.
подавля́тьpodavljátʹ, подави́тьpodavítʹ
приду́шуватиprydúšuvaty, придуши́тиprydušýty
suppress in order to conceal or hide
(intransitive)To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
die from strangulation
(intransitive)To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

Examples

132 sentences

Tom was strangled.
Тома задушили.
ruТом был задушен.
deTom wurde erwürgt.
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We know that Tom was strangled.
ruМы знаем, что Тома задушили.
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Detectives said Tom strangled his girlfriend.
deDer Kriminalpolizei zufolge hat Tom seine Freundin stranguliert.
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Tom was strangled in his sleep.
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Tom strangled Mary with a rope.
ruТом задушил Мэри верёвкой.
deTom erwürgte Mary mit einem Seil.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to kill someone by strangulation:

to stifle or suppress:

Русский

By meaning 2

to kill someone by strangulation:

to stifle or suppress:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to kill someone by strangulation:

Origin

From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulā

From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).

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