strangle
verb[T]
uk/ˈstræŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈstræŋ.ɡəl/tokillsomeone bypressingtheirthroatso that they cannotbreathe:
扼死，勒死，掐死She had been strangled with her ownscarfand herbodydumpedin thewoods.她被人用她自己的围巾勒死，弃尸于树林里。
tostopsomething fromdeveloping:
抑制，压制；扼杀Foryears, theorganizationwas strangled byexcessivebureaucracy.该机构多年来因官僚主义作风严重，发展受到阻滞。
There is agreatdealoffearthat the newrestrictionsmight strangle the country'seconomy.很多人害怕新的限制措施会抑制国家的经济发展。
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- butcher
- drive-by
- genocide
- gunsomeonedown
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- polish
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- slaughter
- snuff
- throttle
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Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
Causing something to end
Idiom
stranglesomethingat birth