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Strangled vs Estrangled - What's the difference?

strangled | estrangled |

As verbs the difference between strangled and estrangled

is that strangled is (strangle) while estrangled is (estrangle).

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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    estrangled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (estrangle)

    • estrangle

    English

    Verb

    (estrangl)
  • (obsolete) To strangle.
    • (Webster 1913)