STRANGLE

verb (~d; strangling) see: strain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope) ; throttle , to obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of, stifle , to suppress or hinder the rise, expression, or growth of , intransitive verb to become ~d, to die from or as if from interference with breathing, ~r noun