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   Stran·gu·late

   /ˈstraNGɡyəˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. strangle; throttle: Indian "the victim had been strangulated"
   • ▪ hamper or hinder the development or activity of: Indian "weakness of the electricity supply is strangulating development"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘suffocate’): from Latin strangulat- ‘choked’, from the verb strangulare (see strangle).

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