v. 25B6; verb
the victim was strangled with a scarf : THROTTLE, choke, garrotte; informal strangulate.
she strangled a sob : SUPPRESS, smother, stifle, repress, restrain, fight back, choke back.
bureaucracy is strangling commercial activity : HAMPER, hinder, impede, restrict, inhibit, curb, check, constrain, squash, crush, suppress, repress.