strangle

(redirected from strangled)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

choke

[chōk]

1. to interrupt respiration by obstruction or compression; called also strangle.

2. the condition resulting from such interruption; called also strangulation.

stran·gle

(strang'gĕl),

To suffocate; to choke; to compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air.

[G. strangaloō, to choke, fr. strangalē, a halter]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

strangle

(străng′gəl)

v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles

v.tr.

a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.

b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.

v.intr.

1. To become strangled.

2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

stran′gler n.

stran·gle

(strang'gĕl)

To suffocate; to choke; to compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air.

[G. strangaloō, to choke, fr. strangalē, a halter]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive ?

Programme makers said it now seems certain that, as 6ft 2ins tall Woolmer was being strangled, he had already been rendered helpless, explaining how he could have been overpowered.

Murdered Woolmer poisoned, says BBC

The court heard how Ms Selway told Hollands that she had had better lovers than him and that is when he strangled her.

Mum is killed by her lover-inquest

A post-mortem revealed that Ms Dukes had been strangled.

Woman probably knew strangler

Now Banbridge council has called on all traders not to stock the balls after two children in England were nearly strangled by the toys.

YO-YO DANGER HORROR

The man's mother found the woman strangled, after the mother was alerted by her son's employer that he had failed to show up for work, police said.

Woman found strangled in Hokkaido house

SIALKOT -- A married woman was found strangled at her house on Monday in Jarwaal village in jurisdiction of Sabz Pir Police Station.

Married woman found strangled

MANSEHRA:Police on Sunday in Mansehra arrested a youth who strangled his sister over domestic disputes.The accused reportedly tried to make the incident look like a suicide attempt in order to hide his wrongdoing.

Youth arrested for strangling sister over domestic disputes

Wrapped inside was the body of a child strangled with a tape which was still around its neck.

THE BABY FARMER

Vicky Roberts, 25, was strangled and her body was dumped in a garage at their home in Runcorn on Thursday night.

Man questioned over wife's death; wales newsbulletin

A LIVERPOOL man was in custody last night after a woman was found strangled at her Merseyside home.

Man held after woman found dead

Now Banbridge council has called on all traders not to stock the toys after two children in England were nearly strangled by the toys.

YO-YO DANGER ALERT

There were strangulation marks on her neck and accounts by family members led the police to determine that her son, a third-year prefectural high school student, had strangled her.