verbdē-strangŭloDE-STRANGVLO☆ KeepMeaningto choke, strangleLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879DESTRANGULOLEWIS & SHORTDESTRANGULOdē-strangŭlo, āre, 1, I. v. a., to choke, strangle; only trop., to destroy: rem publicam, Pore. Latro decl. in Cat. 24.Read the whole entry