English Explanatory Dictionary

unstrangle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To undo a constriction of the air passages, or restore to life after death by strangulation.
  2. To release from something that squeezes tightly around.
  3. To free from the stranglehold of excessive constraints.
  4. To free up (something) that has become choked up; unblock.
  5. To relax from constricting tension.

Word forms

unstrangle unstrangles unstrangling unstrangled

Etymology

From un- + strangle.

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