STRANGLE

[verb] [T] - to kill (someone) by pressing their throat so that they cannot breatheShe had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.(figurative) He spoke with great difficulty and there was a strangled tone to his voice.(figurative) It's perfectly natural that she should try to strangle the opposition to her plans at birth (= stop it at an early stage).(informal) He's the sort of bigoted fascist who should have been strangled at birth.