(veterinary medicine) A form of strangles, a bacterial upper respiratory tract infection of horses potentially causing airway obstruction, that has spread to other parts of the body and caused abscesses.

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

(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.

present participle of strangle the parrot

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

(poetic) The disease diphtheria.