German-English translations for würgen

chokeWe do not want to choke it off by some of the things that we are talking about. But we do need to address the security issues. Es liegt nicht in unserer Absicht, ihn mit den Dingen, über die wir hier sprechen, abzuwürgen, doch den Sicherheitsfragen müssen wir uns unbedingt zuwenden. By regulation and debate, what we seek to do is to choke off the very spirit of innovation, the very spirit of entrepreneurship, and we have continued to do that today. Mit Verordnungen und Aussprachen versuchen wir, genau diesen Innovationsgeist, den Unternehmergeist, abzuwürgen, und das ist auch heute wieder der Fall. Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish
gagHe gagged when he saw the open wound.When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.

neck
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Giraffes have long necksa neck forming the journal of a shaftto risk ones neck; to save someones neck
retch
strangleHe 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.
suffocateOpen the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.Im suffocating under this huge workload.
throttle

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