Antonyms for strangle
ˈstræŋ gəlstran·gle

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1. • Constrict
   • Restrict
   • Suffer
   • Suffocate

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1. strangle, strangulate, throttleverb

   kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

   "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

   Synonyms:
   cramp, muffle, halter, trammel, gag, confine, strangulate, throttle, restrain, hamper, repress, suffocate, smother, choke, restrict, stifle, limit, bound

2. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repressverb

   conceal or hide

   "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

   Synonyms:
   keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, repress, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, stifle, dampen, tone down, subdue

3. strangleverb

   die from strangulation

   Synonyms:
   halter, stifle, choke, cramp, gag, hamper, suffocate, throttle, repress, smother, strangulate, muffle

4. hamper, halter, cramp, strangleverb

   prevent the progress or free movement of

   "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

   Synonyms:
   halter, smother, suffocate, choke, cramp, gag, stifle, hamper, throttle, repress, handicap, hinder, strangulate, muffle

5. choke, strangleverb

   constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, hamper, go, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, stifle

6. gag, choke, strangle, suffocateverb

   struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, hamper, go, heave, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, retch, stifle

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1. strangleverb

   Synonyms:
   choke, throttle, suffocate, stifle, suppress, garrote

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heimlich maneuver

   to grasp someone so tight they cannott breath.

   the murrder tried to strangle him!

   Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2019  

How to use strangle in a sentence?

1. Amy Sakho:

   They leave the infants out in the middle of the forest to starve to death or get eaten by wild animals, others strangle them or throw them in the septic tank.

2. Redur Xelil:

   The operation to tighten the strangle-hold on Ain Issa is continuing in the outskirts of the city.

3. Hubert Humphrey:

   The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

4. United States:

   Survivors of the camps have described their experiences as a deliberate attempt by Beijing to strangle Muslim Uyghur culture and stamp out the Muslim faith.

5. Vanna Bonta:

   As the author of a work, I don't relinquish author-ity to just any critic, particularly not to people whose work I've not read or don't respect; those biased by envy are the least relevant, and grounded grammarians who strangle or sterilize under a banner of superiority are a close second.

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