unstrangle
English
verb
Definitions
- To undo a constriction of the air passages, or restore to life after death by strangulation.
- To release from something that squeezes tightly around.
- To free from the stranglehold of excessive constraints.
- To free up (something) that has become choke choked up; unblock.
- To relax from constricting tension.
Etymology
Prefix from English strangle.
Origin
English
strangle
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Cognates and derived terms
- strangle English
- strangleable English
- stranglehold English
- strangler English
- stranglest English
- strangleth English
- strangleweed English
- estrangler Old French