stranglev. t.[OF. estrangler, F. trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. , , fr. a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.()Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. (Ayliffe.)2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.()Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? (Shak.)3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.(Shak.)v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.()