strangle
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
Framework senses
- §1
- struggle for breath
- §2
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- §3
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- §4
- die from strangulation
- §5
- conceal or hide
- §6
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air