Loose and Strangle

Loose

Loose verb - To find emotional release for.
Usage example: do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by

Strangle is an antonym for loose.

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

Strangle

Strangle verb - To refrain from openly showing or uttering.
Usage example: strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news

Loose is an antonym for strangle in choke topic.

Nearby Words: strangling, stranglehold

Common collocations

life loose life strangle life
mother loose mother strangle mother
times loose times strangle times

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Prometheus By the end of the film, she's carrying a fireaxe around and setting the fetus trapped in the medpod loose on the Engineer when he tries to strangle her.
  • Mirror Monologue Since evil spirits are running loose, however, his mirror image immediately comes to life, mocks him and tries to strangle him.
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