strangle

Verb

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
    

• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

• prevent the progress or free movement of
  • He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
    
  • the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
    

• die from strangulation

• conceal or hide
  • smother a yawn
    
  • muffle one's anger
    
  • strangle a yawn
    

• kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
  • he tried to strangle his opponent
    
  • A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gag , choke , suffocate , hamper , halter , cramp , smother , stifle , muffle , repress , strangulate , throttle