strangled
strang guhld
- v kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- v conceal or hide
- v die from strangulation
- v prevent the progress or free movement of
- v constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- v struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- s held in check with difficulty
a strangled scream
- Like the dozen before him and four after, the young man was eventually strangled and dismembered.
- Screams and strangled shouts came from the tents.
- According to Monticciolo, it was Brusca himself who finally strangled the boy with his bare hands, then threw the body into a vat of acid to destroy the evidence.