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Strangled vs Estranged - What's the difference?

strangled | estranged |

As verbs the difference between strangled and estranged

is that strangled is past tense of strangle while estranged is past tense of estrange.

As an adjective estranged is

having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

strangled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (strangle)

    • strangle

    English

    Verb

    (strangl)
  • To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
    • He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
  • To stifle or suppress an action.
    • She strangled a scream.
  • To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
    • The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
  • To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

    Related terms

    * strangulate * strangulation

    See also

    * asphyxiate * choke * querk * suffocate * throttle

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    estranged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (estrange)
    • She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

    • Usage notes

    A relatively formal term, the more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

    Synonyms

    * alienated

    Coordinate terms

    * separated

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