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strangle

/ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

verb

Meaning

  • To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.

    "He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid."

  • To stifle or suppress.

    "She strangled a scream."

  • To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

    "The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar."

  • To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.