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strangle: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
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| stridor |
a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx
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| strip |
deprive: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" undress: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" remove the surface from; "strip wood" leach: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" denude: lay bare; "denude a forest" plunder: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" clean: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco" remove the thread (of screws) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material airstrip: an airfield without normal airport facilities remove a constituent from a liquid take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" comic strip: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book thin piece of wood or metal draw the last milk (of cows) a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
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| street drug |
drug of abuse: a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
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| strength |
the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength" military capability: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" force: physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" forte: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" persuasiveness: the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the matter" intensity: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength" potency: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" the condition of financial success; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks" lastingness: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
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