Verb (used with object) : Censorship strangles a free press. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a feverish distemper. From Dictionary.com.
Geojit is recommending buying strangles, which is again betting that there will be a jump in IVs ahead of the Budget. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Times] Reference
Investors appeared to be selling "strangles" in the company, preparing for the stock to trade in a relatively narrow range. From Wordnik.com. [Capital One, RadioShack Generate Bearish Activity] Reference
Betting that ProLogis shares will trade within a range between now and October, investors sold "strangles" in the company's options. From Wordnik.com. [REIT Trading Volume Jumps] Reference
Purpura hemorrhagica usually occurs as a sequel to debilitating diseases, such as strangles, influenza, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Options strategies such as strangles and spreads are popular methods for limiting the potential of loss in a currency trade. From Wordnik.com. [Investopedia.com Headlines] Reference
Life-threatening heat still strangles Western cities. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2007] Reference
Exclusiveness is a constricting cord that strangles progress. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
Anyways before she strangles me for writing too much I'll go. From Wordnik.com. [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference
The wire strangles the animal as it struggles to free itself. From Wordnik.com. [Poaching] Reference
A second form of metastatic arthritis is met with in strangles. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
"Oh, I know all the problems of security and how it strangles work.". From Wordnik.com. [Security] Reference
The other one strangles his sister-in-law and sets her dead body on fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2005] Reference
Hemp still soothes, distracts, then strangles its victims at any opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
In Shanghai, a peasant laborer burgles a house and strangles the owner's daughter. From Wordnik.com. [Crime: 'You Die, I Live'] Reference
Supremacism is a particularly nasty doctrine/mindset which strangles debate at birth. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
A free-market system can ultimately come down to a system that strangles this economy. From Wordnik.com. [The super-complexities facing the incoming Obama administration] Reference
Strength or Fortitude, handsome, resolute, and calm, strangles a dragon with his grasp. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
Republicans caricature the Obama view as a nanny-state philosophy that strangles growth. From Wordnik.com. [Sharp Debate Offers a Real Choice on Economy] Reference
A cat who strangles another will not be more culpable than a man who kills his fellow men. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828] Reference
The first trial is very hard; it almost strangles, but if persevered in will give great relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Juvenile drug dealer strangles one of his customers and puts her body in the trunk of her own car. From Wordnik.com. ['The Scarecrow'] Reference
Before she has a chance to scream, he drags her off into the shadows and impulsively strangles her. From Wordnik.com. [An Alluring 'Perfume'] Reference
In some cases of strangles, for instance, large pus cavities are formed and drainage is imperative. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Anti-government conservatism turns out to be a strange kind of idealism -- an idealism that strangles mercy. From Wordnik.com. [The Republican Identity Crisis] Reference
He is as strong as the town bull; but if he writhes his hands he strangles, and if he thrusts his neck he chokes. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Abscess formation, the result of strangles or other infection in the prescapular glands, may be observed at times. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
In strangles, the disease-producing organism may be carried to different regions of the body by the circulatory vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
A woman who keeps an inn receives them hospitably, and on leaving the next morning, the youth strangles her child in the cradle. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The sum and substance of the matter is this: In looking upon the office of war one must not consider how it strangles, burns, destroys. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
In this oneness of allness, or continuity, the protecting hand strangles; the parental stifles; love is inseparable from phenomena of hate. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
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