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
Strangle verb - To refrain from openly showing or uttering.
Usage example: strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news
Nearby Words: strangling, stranglehold
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Film / Prometheus -
Since evil spirits are running loose, however, his mirror image immediately comes to life, mocks him and tries to strangle him.
Source: Mirror Monologue
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