1. having a tight, constricted, or choked quality

1. past tense and past participle of strangle; killed or injured by squeezing the throat

Examples

• The victim was strangled with a rope.
• Police found evidence that he had been strangled.
• Her strangled cry for help was barely audible.
• He spoke in a strangled voice, overcome with emotion.
• The strangled sound came from the broken engine.
• She let out a strangled laugh at the absurd situation.