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Strait-Laced
- adjective - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Straitjacket
- noun - a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
Strangleable
- - Capable of being strangled.
Stranglehold
- noun - a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
- complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
Strangulated
- verb - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
- constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
Strangulates
- verb - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
- constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
Strangurious
- - Of or pertaining to strangury.
Strap-Shaped
- - Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
Straphangers
- noun - a commuter who uses public transportation
- a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support