strangle (v)
strangulate (v)
throttle (v)

v01570935

type v
lex_filenum 35
def kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
examples he tried to strangle his opponent
A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Entailment compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Hypernym kill
Derivationally related form throttle → throttler; throttle → throttling
Derivationally related form strangulate → strangulation
Derivationally related form strangle → strangulation; strangle → strangler
Derivationally related form strangle → strangler
Derivationally related form strangle → strangling
Hyponym garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
Incoming links
Derivationally related form throttling → throttle; throttler → throttle
Derivationally related form strangulation → strangulate
Derivationally related form strangulation → strangle; strangler → strangle
Derivationally related form strangling → strangle
Derivationally related form strangler → strangle
Hyponym kill
Hypernym garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag

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