Strangle - Definition

v 1: 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" [syn:
strangle, strangulate, throttle]
2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
3: die from strangulation
4: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in
his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation
wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
5: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn:
choke, strangle]
6: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke,
strangle, suffocate]