| strangled | | |
| adj. | 1. smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed | held in check with difficulty.; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" |
| ~ inhibited | held back or restrained or prevented.; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" |
| smother | | |
| n. (state) | 1. clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter | a confused multitude of things. |
| ~ disorderliness, disorder | a condition in which things are not in their expected places.; "the files are in complete disorder" |
| ~ rummage | a jumble of things to be given away. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. smother | a stifling cloud of smoke. |
| ~ fume, smoke | a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas. |
| v. (contact) | 3. smother, surround | envelop completely.; "smother the meat in gravy" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 4. asphyxiate, smother, suffocate | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 5. muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle | conceal or hide.; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" |
| ~ conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, curb, subdue | to put down by force or authority.; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" |
| v. (stative) | 6. smother | form an impenetrable cover over.; "the butter cream smothered the cake" |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| v. (contact) | 7. put out, smother | deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion.; "smother fires" |
| ~ extinguish, snuff out | put an end to; kill.; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| strangle | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. strangle, strangulate, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air.; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| ~ garotte, garrote, garrotte, scrag | strangle with an iron collar.; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" |
| v. (change) | 2. strangle | die from strangulation. |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| v. (change) | 3. cramp, halter, hamper, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of.; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| v. (body) | 4. choke, strangle | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing. |
| ~ choke | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion.; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| v. (body) | 5. choke, gag, strangle, suffocate | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" |
| ~ suffer, hurt | feel pain or be in pain. |
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