(obsolete, transitive) To estrange; to alienate.

plural of stranger

The act of strangling or the state of being strangled. / The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. / (transitive) To stifle or suppress.

(finance) A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.

Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling. / An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.

to hold a tight grip or control

present participle of strangle

The crime of killing by strangling.