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strangulate
[strang-gyuh-leyt] 
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asphyxiate
[as-fik-see-eyt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off air |
| Synonyms: | choke, drown, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suffocate |
| Antonyms: | breathe, loosen |
| Main Entry: | constrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhibit |
| Synonyms: | astringe, choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, constringe, contract, cramp, curb, draw together, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, strangulate, tauten, tense, tighten, tuck |
| Antonyms: | expand, free, let go, loosen, open, release |
| Main Entry: | strangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke, stifle |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, gag, garrote/garrotte, inhibit, kill, muffle, quelch, repress, restrain, shush, smother, squelch, strangulate, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle |
| Notes: | strangle implies a focus on the result of this process, whereas strangulate focuses on the process itself |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, loose |
| Main Entry: | throttle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke |
| Synonyms: | burke, control, gag, inhibit, silence, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suppress |
| Antonyms: | free, release |
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