strangle
English Thesaurus
1. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)
hypernym | : | hurt, suffer, |
definition | : | feel pain or be in pain (verb.body) |
2. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)
cause | : | choke, |
definition | : | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion (verb.body) |
3. prevent the progress or free movement of (verb.change)
4. die from strangulation (verb.change)
5. conceal or hide (verb.contact)
6. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | kill, |
definition | : | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact) |
7. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)
derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
derivation | : | choking, |
definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
8. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)
derivation | : | strangulation, |
definition | : | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state) |
9. prevent the progress or free movement of (verb.change)
derivation | : | bond, hamper, shackle, trammel, |
definition | : | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) (noun.artifact) |
10. die from strangulation (verb.change)
derivation | : | strangulation, |
definition | : | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state) |
11. conceal or hide (verb.contact)
derivation | : | smotherer, stifler, |
definition | : | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person) |
12. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)
derivation | : | strangler, strangler tree, |
definition | : | an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree (noun.plant) |
13. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)
derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
derivation | : | choking, |
definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
14. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)
derivation | : | strangulation, |
definition | : | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state) |
15. prevent the progress or free movement of (verb.change)
derivation | : | bond, hamper, shackle, trammel, |
definition | : | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) (noun.artifact) |
16. die from strangulation (verb.change)
derivation | : | strangulation, |
definition | : | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage (noun.state) |
17. conceal or hide (verb.contact)
derivation | : | smotherer, stifler, |
definition | : | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person) |
18. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)
derivation | : | strangler, strangler tree, |
definition | : | an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree (noun.plant) |
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