Sekirov Dictionary

strangle

/ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 5
phrases 1

verb5

•
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.
To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
•
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
•
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? — 1591
•
To stifle or suppress.
- He strangled a scream.

noun1

A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.

forms

strangled · strangling · strangles · strangleth · stranglest

Phrases with strangle

strangle the parrot
To switch off the transponder, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.

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