strangle
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～ prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
strangle
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～ kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangulate his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
strangle
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～ suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
strangle
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～ constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
strangulate
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～ kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangulate his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
strangulate
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～ constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
strangulate
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～ become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
strap
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～ sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
strap
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～ beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
strap
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～ secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
stratify
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～ render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
stratify
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～ form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies"
stratify
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～ form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"
stratify
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～ divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
stratify
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～ develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
straw
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～ spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
straw
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～ cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
stray
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～ move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
stray
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～ lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"