strangle

To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.

To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.

To suppress, repress, or stifle.

To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict.

To become strangled.

To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

To choke by compression of the windpipe; kill by choking; throttle.

To suppress; keep from emergence or appearance; stifle.

To suffocate by drowning. Defoe.