strangle
Example Sentences
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The goal "is not to dominate China; nor is it to strangle or humiliate them", the document says.
From BBC
“You can do this,” Sue’s dad called back, his voice strangled with anguish and smoke.
From Literature
The choice of mediocre investments can strangle the flow of endowment money to pay for yet more administrators.
From MarketWatch
“I’ve seen something like it before, but I’ve never worn such a fancy, newfangled thing. I’m afraid it might strangle me.”
From Literature
The immediate reason for the latest round of protests in Iran was a series of currency devaluations, a sign of Iran’s deepening economic crisis as oil prices decline and Western sanctions strangle business activity.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
