From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstranglestran‧gle /ˈstræŋɡəl/ verb [transitive] 1 KILLBREATHEto kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope etc → chokestrangle with The victim had been strangled with a belt.2 PREVENTto limit or prevent the growth or development of something Mills argues that high taxation strangles the economy. —strangler noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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strangle• Police said that the victim had been strangled.• And then I strangled all their grannies.• They say he strangled an entire pack of Wolf Cubs and fed their bodies to a school of carp?• Piotr Jaroszewicz, 83, had been strangled at home near Warsaw after apparently being tortured.• The economy is being strangled by inefficiency and corruption.• The place was strangling her like a shrieking accusing prophet.• He slid his hands around her neck and tried to strangle her.• Hercules lifted him up and holding him in the air strangled him.• Doctor Horatio Holliday has been found strangled to death in his home, slumped over his dining room table.• Freitas was strangled with a nylon cord.From Longman Business Dictionarystranglestran‧gle /ˈstræŋgəl/ noun [countable]FINANCE another name for STRADDLEThe strangle would be profitable if the stock price moves out of the 372p-444p range before expiry of the options on Nov 19.Origin strangle (1200-1300) Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare; → STRANGULATION 