Glanders vs. Strangle — What's the Difference?

Glanders is a contagious zoonotic infectious disease that occurs primarily in horses, mules, and donkeys. It can be contracted by other animals, such as dogs, cats, pigs, goats, and humans.

To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.

A contagious, usually fatal disease of horses and other equids, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei and characterized by swollen lymph nodes, nasal discharge, and ulcers of the respiratory tract and skin. The disease is communicable to other mammals, including humans.

To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.

An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

To suppress, repress, or stifle

A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict

A destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans

To become strangled.

To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.

(transitive) To stifle or suppress.

(intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

(intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

(finance) A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.

To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.

To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.

To be strangled, or suffocated.

Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;

Conceal or hide;

Die from strangulation

Prevent the progress or free movement of;

Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;