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verb (v)

• kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air(verb.contact)

  Example:
  He tried to strangle his opponent.
  

  Synonym:
  strangulate, throttle
  

  source: wordnet30
• conceal or hide(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Strangle a yawn.
  

  Synonym:
  muffle, repress, smother, stifle
  

  source: wordnet30
• die from strangulation(verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• prevent the progress or free movement of(verb.change)

  Example:
  The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries.
  

  Synonym:
  cramp, halter, hamper
  

  source: wordnet30
• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing(verb.body)

  Synonym:
  choke
  

  source: wordnet30
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake(verb.body)

  Synonym:
  choke, gag, suffocate
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To be strangled, or suffocated.(verb)

  source: webster1913