1. (verb) strangle, strangulate, throttle
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Synonyms: cramp, muffle, halter, trammel, gag, confine, strangulate, throttle, restrain, hamper, repress, suffocate, smother, choke, restrict, stifle, limit, strangle, bound
2. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
Synonyms: keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, repress, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, stifle, dampen, tone down, strangle, subdue
3. (verb) strangle
die from strangulation
Synonyms: halter, stifle, choke, cramp, gag, hamper, suffocate, throttle, repress, smother, strangulate, muffle
4. (verb) hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
prevent the progress or free movement of
Synonyms: halter, smother, suffocate, choke, cramp, gag, stifle, hamper, strangle, throttle, repress, handicap, hinder, strangulate, muffle
5. (verb) choke, strangle
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, hamper, go, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, stifle
6. (verb) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, hamper, go, heave, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, retch, stifle
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Synonyms and Antonyms of strangle 
