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Definition strangle

Etymology

From Old French estrangler, from Latin strangul?, strangul?re, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from ????????? (strangál?, “a halter”); compare ???????? (strangós, “twisted”).

Verb

strangle (third-person singular simple present strangles, present participle strangling, simple past and past participle strangled)

1. (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
2. (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
3. (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
4. (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

Noun

strangle (plural strangles)

1. (finance) 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.

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