strangle

shaƙe

Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)

• IPA: /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)l/
• IPA: /ˈstræŋɡəl/
• Hyphenation: stran‧gle

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) strangle

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) strangles

Past tense (ya wuce) strangled

Past participle (ya wuce) strangled

Present participle (ana cikin yi) strangling

A drawing showing a woman being strangled.

1. (transitive) If you strangle someone, you kill them by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply <> shaƙi, shaƙe, maƙure, maƙura [1].
   • Synonyms: choke, suffocate and throttle

   He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.