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strangling

/strang-guhl/US // ˈstræŋ gəl //UK // (ˈstræŋɡəl) //

绞刑,掐死,扼杀,绞杀

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v.有主动词 verb
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    stran·gled, stran·gling.

    • : to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
    • : to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate.
    • : to prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or action of; suppress: Censorship strangles a free press.
v.无主动词 verb
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    stran·gled, stran·gling.

    • : to be choked, stifled, or suffocated.

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Examples

  • Running back Derrius Guice was released after he was arrested on domestic violence-related charges, including allegedly strangling his girlfriend until she was unconscious.

  • Ninety-five percent of all life on Earth died—strangled by an atmosphere so low in oxygen.

  • He strangled her with a dog leash in the basement den of his parents’ home, then stolen his mother’s car.

  • The move strangled the flow of traffic to Springer’s websites, so it relented, giving Google a temporary license to use snippets as it wished.

  • “Dennis was so intoxicated and violent he tried to strangle my mom,” she said.

  • As you can see on your screens, this young soldier is trying to strangle me with the barrel of his carbine.

  • If he refuses to strangle his own baby in the crib, Republicans are happy to retaliate.

  • They drove to his home in South Los Angeles and had sex but shortly thereafter, he attempted to strangle her with a shoelace.

  • Bulger attempted to strangle McIntyre with a rope and, when that failed, he shot McIntyre in the head multiple times.

  • "Mark tried to strangle me last night," my friend blurted out.

  • Yet, try as I would to strangle the idea, all through the evening the same horrible, unaccountable notion clung to me.

  • Wherefore it was but natural that President Castle's experts found it impossible to strangle the bill in committee.

  • Bow traps are placed along the tracks of civets, ichneumons, and rodents, which snap and strangle them.

  • He was of the type of those who strangle serpents while yet in the cradle.

  • He was an angel on earth—my God, if ever I lay me hands on that woman, I'll strangle her.