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  • 1 ēlīdō

        ēlīdō sī, sus, ere    [ex + laedo], to strike out, dash out, tear out, force out, squeeze out: auriga e curru eliditur: nubibus ignīs, O.: spuma elisa, dashed up, V.: herbam, O.: nervis morbum, H.— To dash to pieces, shatter, crush: caput saxo, L.: fauces, to strangle, O.: navīs, Cs.: anguīs, to strangle, V.—Fig., to break down, destroy: nervos virtutis: aegritudine elidi.
    * * *
    elidere, elisi, elisus V
    strike or dash out; expel; shatter; crush out; strangle; destroy

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  • 2 strangulō

        strangulō āvī, ātus, āre,    στραγγαλόω, to throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, strangle: patrem.— Fig., to torment, torture: Strangulat inclusus dolor, O.: plures pecunia curā strangulat, Iu.
    * * *
    strangulare, strangulavi, strangulatus V TRANS
    strangle/throttle; suffocate/stifle/smother; choke; constrict way; keep close

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  • 3 suffōcō

        suffōcō āvī, —, āre    [sub+faux], to throttle, choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate: gallum... patrem. —Fig.: urbem fame, i. e. to starve.
    * * *
    suffocare, suffocavi, suffocatus V TRANS
    strangle, choke, suffocate

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  • 4 ango

    ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].
    I.
    Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):

    angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,

    Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:

    cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,

    Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—
    II.
    Metaph.
    A.
    To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —
    B.
    Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:

    illum incommodis dictis angam,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:

    cruciatu timoris angi?

    Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

    multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,

    id. Att. 1, 18:

    angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,

    id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:

    ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

    ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

    id. A. P. 110:

    poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,

    puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:

    Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,

    Luc. 2, 680 sq.:

    Ea res animum illius anxit,

    Gell. 1, 3:

    (aemula eam) vehementer angebat,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):

    de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:

    de quo angor et crucior,

    id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §

    1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

    (Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:

    angor animo,

    Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).

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  • 5 elido

    ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    aurigam e curru,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 41:

    oculos,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261:

    ignem velut e silice,

    Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:

    flammas ex sese,

    id. 18, 35, 84, § 358:

    ignes nubibus,

    Ov. M. 6, 696:

    aërem lituis,

    Luc. 7, 476:

    partum,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25:

    litteras,

    to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5:

    vina praelis,

    i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73; cf.

    herbam,

    Ov. F. 4, 371:

    corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.—
    B.
    Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32:

    (imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc.,

    is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296:

    colores repercussu parietum,

    Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137:

    sibilum,

    to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf.

    sonum,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    vocem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 51:

    morbum,

    to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald.—
    II.
    To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.
    A.
    Lit.:

    talos alicui,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12:

    tuum caput,

    id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45:

    fauces,

    to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2:

    aliquem stipite,

    Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

    draconem pondere,

    Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:

    geminos angues (Hercules),

    i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf.

    infantes,

    Flor. 3, 3, 17 al. —
    B.
    Trop., to break down, destroy:

    (poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

    aegritudine elidi,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

    prius pactum per posterius,

    i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.

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  • 6 angō

        angō —, —, ere    [ANG-], to draw close, press tight, squeeze, compress, throttle, choke: sanguine guttur, V.: Tussis sues angit, V. — Fig., to torment, torture, vex, tease, trouble: cura angit hominem, T.: angebat spiritus virum, L.: meum pectus, H.: animos, L.: consulis animum, L.: si animus... neque tot curis angeretur: cruciatu timoris angi: vehementer angebar, virum esse, etc.: angebatur animi, quod, etc.: de Statio manumisso angor.
    * * *
    angere, anxi, anctus V TRANS
    choke, throttle, strangle; press tight; distress, cause pain, vex, trouble

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  • 7 faucēs

        faucēs ium, f    the upper part of the throat, pharynx, throat, gullet: bolum mihi ereptum e faucibus, T.: russae, Enn. ap. C.: fauces urit sitis, H.: laqueo innectere fauces, strangle, O.—Fig., the throat, jaws: cum faucibus premeretur, i. e. was hard pressed: premit fauces defensionis tuae, throttles: Catilina cum exercitu faucibus urguet, S.: populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti.—A narrow way, narrow inlet, strait, entrance, defile, pass: Corinthus posita in faucibus Graeciae, entrance: angustissimae portūs, Cs.: in valle artā, faucibus utrimque obsessis, L.: Averni, V.: Hellesponti, straits, L.: patefactis terrae faucibus.

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  • 8 frangō

        frangō frēgi, frāctus, ere    [FRAG-], to break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, shatter, fracture: ova: anulus fractus est: navibus fractis, Cs.: navem, suffer shipwreck, T.: Ianua frangatur, H.: corpora Ad saxum, V.: laqueo gulam, strangle, S.: bracchium: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: in arbore cornu, O.: te, tigris ut aspera, tear in pieces, H.: diem mero, shorten, H.— To break up, grind, bruise, crush: glaebam Bidentibus, V.: fruges saxo, V. — To break (of waves): tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi: arcus aquarum Frangitur, O.—Fig., to break down, subdue, overcome, crush, dishearten, weaken, diminish, violate, soften: alqm, ut, etc.: Danaūm fractae vires, V.: quem series inmensa laborum Fregerit, O.: proeliis fracti, Cs.: te ut ulla res frangat?: pudore: alqm patientiā: omnis res mea fracta est, my fortune was lost, H.: res fractae, calamities, V.: Frangimur fatis, V.: frangi aspectu pignorum suorum, Ta.: bellum proeliis: praedonis audaciam: consilium alicuius: doli frangentur inanes, come to naught, V.: foedus: mandata, fail in, H.: dum se calor frangat, subsides.
    * * *
    frangere, fregi, fractus V
    break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage

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  • 9 praefōcō

        praefōcō —, —, āre    [prae+faux], to choke, strangle, suffocate: animae viam, O.
    * * *
    praefocare, praefocavi, praefocatus V
    choke, suffocate

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  • 10 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 11 adstrangulo

    adstrangulare, adstrangulavi, adstrangulatus V TRANS

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  • 12 astrangulo

    astrangulare, astrangulavi, astrangulatus V TRANS

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  • 13 destrangulo

    destrangulare, destrangulavi, destrangulatus V TRANS
    choke, strangle; destroy

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  • 14 suffoco

    to strangle, choke, suffocate.

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  • 15 adstrangulo

    a-strangŭlo ( ads-), āre, v. a., to strangle, Min. Felix, c. 30.

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  • 16 astrangulo

    a-strangŭlo ( ads-), āre, v. a., to strangle, Min. Felix, c. 30.

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  • 17 coarto

    cŏ-arto ( cŏarcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to press together, compress, contract, confine (opp. laxo, dilato, etc.; class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    faenum in struem,

    Col. 2, 19, 2; 8, 7, 2:

    alveum Tiberis (opp. laxo),

    Suet. Aug. 30:

    angustae fauces coartant iter,

    Liv. 28, 5, 8; so id. 33, 6, 7:

    viam,

    Dig. 43, 8, 2:

    forum,

    Tac. Or. 39; Front. Aquaed. 35: os et fauces sudario, to strangle one ' s self, Val. Max. 9, 12, 7 al.:

    Gnaeus in oppidis coartatus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 med.:

    in terra,

    Vulg. Exod. 14, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, to abridge, shorten:

    tempus sponsas habendi,

    Suet. Aug. 34 fin.:

    consulatus aliorum,

    Tac. H. 2, 71:

    nox coartat iter,

    Ov. F. 5, 546:

    tempus potestatis censoriae,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 3.—
    B.
    Of discourse, to abridge, compress:

    ut Crassus haec quae coartavit et peranguste refersit in oratione suā, dilatet nobis atque explicet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 163; cf.:

    plura in unum librum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.—
    C.
    ( = cogo.) To compel, constrain: aliquem ad solutionem debiti, Cod. Th. 2, 29, 2; Dig. 18, 1, 57; cf.:

    coarctor e duobus,

    pressed, urged, Vulg. Phil. 1, 23.

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  • 18 destrangulo

    dē-strangŭlo, āre, 1, v. a., to choke, strangle; only trop., to destroy: rem publicam, Pore. Latro decl. in Cat. 24.

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  • 19 fauces

    fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).
    I.
    Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;

    quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,

    Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

    exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,

    Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):

    sitis fauces tenet,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:

    sitis fauces urit,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:

    lippiunt fauces fame,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:

    fauces tussientes,

    Cels. 5, 25, 11:

    nuces videntur fauces exasperare,

    Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

    fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20:

    infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,

    Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:

    propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:

    merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:

    exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

    from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:

    alicui fauces prehendere,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:

    qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,

    id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:

    laqueo innectere fauces,

    to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.

    also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,

    Suet. Calig. 23:

    fauces manu sua oppressit,

    id. ib. 12:

    retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,

    id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:

    faucibus teneor,

    I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:

    cum faucibus premeretur,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

    Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

    urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,

    id. Arch. 9, 21:

    e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,

    App. M. 7, p. 191:

    cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

    lupus fauce improba incitatus,

    i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., of places:
    A.
    A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,

    Curt. 7, 4; cf.:

    qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:

    portus,

    id. ib. 3, 24, 1;

    3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,

    Liv. 29, 32, 4:

    Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,

    macelli,

    id. Quint. 6, 25:

    per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

    the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:

    cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,

    Verg. G. 4, 428:

    altae montis,

    Lucr. 6, 697:

    Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

    through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

    Bospori,

    the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:

    cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,

    Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—
    B.
    The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:

    patefactis terrae faucibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.

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  • 20 interstringo

    inter-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a., to squeeze tight ( poet.):

    alicui gulam,

    to throttle, strangle, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 32.

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  • strangle — vb *suffocate, asphyxiate, stifle, smother, choke, throttle …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • strangle — [v] choke, stifle asphyxiate, gag, garrote/garrotte, inhibit, kill, muffle, quelch, repress, restrain, shush, smother, squelch, strangulate, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle; concepts 130,191,252 Ant. free, let go, loose …   New thesaurus

  • strangle — ► VERB 1) squeeze or constrict the neck of, especially so as to cause death. 2) suppress or hinder (an impulse, action, or sound). DERIVATIVES strangler noun. ORIGIN Old French estrangler, from Greek strangal halter …   English terms dictionary

  • strangle — [straŋ′gəl] vt. strangled, strangling [ME stranglen < OFr estrangler < L strangulare < Gr strangalan < strangalē, halter < strangos, twisted: see STRONG] 1. to kill by squeezing the throat as with the hands, a noose, etc., so as to …   English World dictionary

  • Strangle (options) — In finance, a strangle is an investment strategy involving the purchase or sale of particular option derivatives that allows the holder to profit based on how much the price of the underlying security moves, with relatively minimal exposure to… …   Wikipedia

  • strangle — A trading strategy using options that is designed to profit from material increases in the volatility of the underlying. Similar to a straddle but using only put and call options with strike prices that are out of the money. American Banker… …   Financial and business terms

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