strangle.
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
Meaning & usage
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 stifle or suppress.
He strangled a scream.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
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