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Meanings of strangled in English

Held in check with difficulty.

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Examples for "suppressed"
Examples for "suppressed"
1
Legitimate political activities and speech by American citizens are not being suppressed.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
2
In other areas unemployment and high supply are keeping the market suppressed.
The Irish Times
3
Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed, quite the contrary.
The Irish Times
4
The Mississippi infant's virus, however, remained suppressed for 27 months without treatment.
Ebony
5
Moreover, it effectively suppressed tumor growth in mice without major side effects.
Pubmed
1
The conflict in his mind again began; anger and failure stifled him.
Around the World in Eighty Days
2
Magee College's development has been stifled by institutional opposition and political neglect.
The Irish Times
3
Until recently, I was feeling stifled by the tyranny of the new.
Wired
4
Timid yet violent, he stammered; the words were stifled in his throat.
The Red Lily — Volume 02
5
The need of money stifled the best that was in my nature.
In Friendship's Guise
1
The answer was slow and smothered; and, of course, in the negative.
The Red Rover: A Tale
2
Plain dresses simply do not exist; everything is smothered with elaborate decoration.
The Irish Times
3
Gradually it brightened and a smothered sob found place in the roses.
The Shield of Silence
4
At times, she seemed smothered by the number of her charges, too.
Knife of dreams
5
I stopped, my dim spark of curiosity smothered by my common sense.
The Name of the Wind
Usage of strangled in English
1
The good intentions of the social worker strangled by local authority bureaucracies.
The Guardian
2
Four of the victims were shot and the fifth strangled, Caldwell said.
Reuters
3
Ten years ago she could have strangled Bedelia Morse with one hand.
Mine
4
According to Moreira, Fernandes was present when Santos strangled the former model.
The Guardian
5
Geraldine Diver was strangled in her car in Dublin nine years ago.
The Irish Times
6
The result was a strangled gasp that didn't quite fill Carter's lungs.
The Burning Dark
7
The breaths quickly passed in and out of her, in strangled gasps.
Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
8
The Guru attacked me in the dream plane and nearly strangled me.
Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult
9
We thought too many dot balls strangled us a bit, Taylor said.
Jamaica Observer
10
The birds were individually strangled by hand, informants later told the FBI.
King of the godfathers: "big joey" massino and the fall of the b...
11
We wish to learn the reason why the murderer strangled the deceased.
The Green Mummy
12
Better that he had been strangled in the hour of his birth.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
13
She drew a deep breath and strangled the idea by her will.
The Foolish Virgin
14
Obviously he is exhausted, having been almost strangled a few seconds earlier.
The Irish Times
15
Three small boys strangled each other in a race for the fire-bell.
Nights in London
16
It burned Michael Servetus, and it strangled the scientific opinions of Galileo.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
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Ireland
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South Africa
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Australia
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