লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
strangle
This term evokes a visceral sense of constriction and suffocation. While its primary meaning is violent and lethal, the word carries a heavy emotional weight of desperation and helplessness. It describes a total blockage of a vital channel, whether that channel is a physical airway or a metaphorical lifeline.
In economic or organizational contexts, the word shifts from physical violence to systemic pressure. It describes a slow, crushing restriction that prevents growth or movement, often implying an external force that is gradually tightening its grip until the subject can no longer survive or operate.
Meanings
To kill someone by squeezing their throat to stop them from breathing.
To compress or squeeze something tightly so that it cannot function or grow.
Examples
The assassin tried to strangle the guard from behind.
I feel like this tie is starting to strangle me.
The invasive vines began to strangle the young saplings
High interest rates could strangle small businesses.
The monster used its tentacles to strangle the diver.
Excessive regulation will only strangle innovation.
Excessive regulation will only strangle innovation.
He feared he might strangle in his sleep due to the tight collar.