English-German translations for strangle

• erwürgen
• abwürgen
• erdrosseln
• strangulieren
  Ich schließe mit der Feststellung, daß diese Richtlinie per saldo ein minimalistischer Text ist; weniger wäre unwirksam; mehr könnte den Markt strangulieren. I would like to conclude, Mr President, by saying that, with this balance, this Directive is a minimalist text: anything less would not be efficient at all; but more would strangle the market.
• würgen
• würgen; () erwürgen

Definition of strangle

• To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle
• To stifle or suppress
• To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled
• To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner
• 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

Examples

• He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
• She strangled a scream.
• The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.

Related words

• stranglehold
• strangles
• strangled
• strangler
• strangle weed
• strangler fig