strangle
- Verb. (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- Verb. (transitive) To stifle or suppress an action.
- Verb. (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
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