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Sunyy Posted 12 years ago
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Halfway to the house he was met by a woman with jet-black braided hair and flowing white summer gown,who half strangled him without apparent cause

Does strangle in the text above means suffocate or if not what does it means.
  

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com/us/definition/american_english/strangle "suffocate" is a bit different; it does not (normally) involve constricting the neck, but merely depriving of air.

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  • com/us/definition/american_english/strangle "suffocate" is a bit different; it does not (normally) involve constricting the neck, but merely depriving of air.
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"Squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death"

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/strangle

"suffocate" is a bit different; it does not (normally) involve constricting the neck, but merely dep
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SunyyDoes strangle in the text above means suffocate, or if not, what does it mean?
Someone can suffocate another person by putting a pillow over his head so they cannot breathe.
Strangling means to put one's hands around the throat and squeeze so tight that the victim cannot breathe.
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