Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strangle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To strangle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
strangle .
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Examples
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The courageous surgeon at once set out, and, after braving many dangers (to use his own words, "d'estre pendu, estrangle ou mis en pieces"), he succeeded in passing the enemy's lines, and entered
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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