strangle at birth

strangle something at birth

to stop something at an early stage of its development Plans to provide better nursery care are being strangled at birth by lack of funding.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Brynne	BRIN	English (Rare)
Sabri	-	Arabic
Wolodymyr	-	Ukrainian
Aquilinus	-	Ancient Roman
Hercules	HUR-kyə-leez (English)	Roman Mythology
Enyinnaya	-	Western African, Igbo