{f} strangle, choke to death, throttle by compressing the windpipe and preventing the intake of air, asphyxiate; become strangled; compress or obstruct a body passage (Physiology)
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"
become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate" constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air