1 verb also MED kill sb TRANSITIVEtacht verb c m uI was nearly strangledis beag nár tachtadh mé2 verb squeeze sb's throat TRANSITIVEtacht verb c m uthis collar is strangling metá an bóna seo do mo thachtadh3 verb restrict development etc TRANSITIVEplúch verb c m ubac a chur ar c m uthe debt burden is strangling the economytá an fiachas ag plúchadh an gheilleagairour plans are being strangled by bureaucracytá an maorlathas ina chis ar ár bpleanannathey have strangled the life out of the competitiontá an t-anam plúchta as an gcomórtas acu4 verb cry etc TRANSITIVEplúch verb c m uto strangle a sneezesraoth a phlúchadh
phrases
to be strangled at birth
this idea should have been strangled at birthba cheart cos a bhualadh ar an smaoineamh seo ó fhréamhtheir campaign was strangled at birthcuireadh a bhfeachtas ó rath ón bhfíorthús
