- to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate.
- to prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or action of; suppress: Censorship strangles a free press.
- to be choked, stifled, or suffocated.
- to kill by compressing the windpipe; throttle
- to prevent or inhibit the growth or development of
- to suppress (an utterance) by or as if by swallowing suddenly
