strangle
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
he tried to strangle his opponent
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- strangling derivation
- choker derivation
- strangler derivation
- constrict entails
Sense 2 verb
conceal or hide
smother a yawn
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
die from strangulation
Types & categories
- asphyxiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- strangulation derivation
Sense 4 verb
prevent the progress or free movement of
He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
Types & categories
- throttle hypernym
Related & opposite
- hamper derivation
Sense 5 verb
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Related & opposite
- choke causes
- strangling derivation
- strangulation derivation
Sense 6 verb
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Types & categories
- suffer hypernym
Related & opposite
- asphyxiation derivation
- choking derivation
- smothering derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangling |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangler |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | constrict |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garrote |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crushing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stifler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangulation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | asphyxiate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hamper |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | throttle |
| 5 | causes | Related & opposite | choke |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangulation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphyxiation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | choking |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | smothering |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | suffer |