Embraced
Strangled
Strangled adjective - Held in check with difficulty.
Embraced and strangled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Embraced" instead a verb "Strangled".
Nearby Word: strangling
Both words in one sentence
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Once strangled a professional assassin to death with a humorous pink elephant made of balloons when his tenuous hold on reality went bye-bye and he embraced his clown heritage.
Source: Mad Mathematician - The vines strangled the young tree they had embraced.
Source: Literature / Tree
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