(idiomatic, aviation, slang) To switch off the transponder (“a radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal”) of an aircraft, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.

simple past tense and past participle of strangle the parrot

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strangle the parrot

(archaic, poetic, pathology) Ellipsis of strangling angel of children. Synonym of diphtheria

present participle of strangle the parrot

(poetic) The disease diphtheria.

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

plural of strangler